Identification of sources contributing to PM2.5 and ozone at elevated sites in the western U.S. by receptor analysis: Lassen Volcanic National Park, California, and Great Basin National Park, Nevada

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 530-531, Issue , 2015, Pages 505-518

  Gustin, Mae Sexauer ^b  

^a Tony)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

CASTNET; IMPROVE; Long range transport; Neural net modeling; Ozone; Positive matrix factorization; Sulfate; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; OZONE; RURAL AREAS; SEA LEVEL; VOLCANOES; ZINC;

CASTNET; IMPROVE; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; NEURAL NET; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SULFATE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OZONE; SULFATE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POINT SOURCE POLLUTION; SULFATE; ZINC;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NATIONAL PARK; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; OZONE LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEA LEVEL; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CALIFORNIA; GREAT BASIN NATIONAL PARK; LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK; NEVADA; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEVADA; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84931565378     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.091     Document Type: Article

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