Methods for estimating uncertainty in factor analytic solutions

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 781-797

  Paatero, P ^a   Eberly, S ^b   Brown, S G ^c   Norris, G A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Geometric Tools   (United States)

^c SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897382637     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-7-781-2014     Document Type: Article

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