Sources of PM in an industrial area: Comparison between receptor model results and semiempirical calculations of source contributions

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1558-1572

  Farao, Carmela ^a   Canepari, Silvia ^a,b   Perrino, Cinzia ^b   Harrison, Roy M ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Elemental fractionation; Macro source calculations; Particulate matter; Po valley; Positive matrix factorization

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMBUSTION; FACTORIZATION; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MARINE INDUSTRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ELEMENTAL FRACTIONATION; MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PO VALLEY; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL CALCULATION;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

AEROSOL; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUST; EXHAUST EMISSION; FRACTIONATION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RADIOACTIVITY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 84907229827     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.08.0281     Document Type: Article

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