Chemical speciation and source apportionment of fine particulate matter in Santiago, Chile, 2013

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 512-513, Issue , 2015, Pages 133-142

  Villalobos, Ana M ^a   Barraza, Francisco ^b   Jorquera, Héctor ^b   Schauer, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; CMB; Organic molecular markers; PM2.5; Santiago; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; NATURAL GAS VEHICLES; NITRATES; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SMOKE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACERS; WOOD;

CHILE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PM2.5; SANTIAGO; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AMMONIA; DIESEL FUEL; ELEMENTAL CARBON; GASOLINE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NATURAL GAS; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SMOKE; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRACER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE RECEPTOR MODEL; CHILE; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SMOKE; SOLUBILITY; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; WOOD; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; SAMPLES;

CHILE; METROPOLITANA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRATES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFATES;

EID: 84921530069     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.006     Document Type: Article

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