Source apportionment of PM2.5 at multiple sites in Venice (Italy): Spatial variability and the role of weather

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 98, Issue , 2014, Pages 78-88

  Masiol, Mauro ^a,b   Squizzato, Stefania ^a   Rampazzo, Giancarlo ^a   Pavoni, Bruno ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Chemical speciation; Regional transport; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUELS; HEALTH RISKS; METEOROLOGY; NITRATES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WIND;

AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

CHEMICAL SPECIATION;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; BARIUM ION; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE; CHRYSENE; CUPROUS ION; DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE; ELEMENT; FERRIC ION; FLUORIDE; FOSSIL FUEL; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; ION; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; SULFUR; TITANIUM; ZINC ION; ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ARSENIC; MAGNESIUM ION; NITRATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUEL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRAFFIC EMISSION; AIR QUALITY; AMMONIUM NITRATE; HEALTH RISK; PAH; POLLUTANT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFATE; WEATHER; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMOMETRICS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SPRING; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEATHER; WIND; WINTER; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; FLUOR; METEOROLOGY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; SHIPPING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRAFFIC;

ITALY; PO VALLEY; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE; EUROPE;

EID: 84906712113     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.08.059     Document Type: Article

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