Contribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) sources to the urban environment: A comparison of receptor models

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 538, Issue , 2015, Pages 212-219

  Teixeira, Elba Calesso ^a,b   Agudelo Castañeda, Dayana Milena ^b   Mattiuzi, Camila Dalla Porta ^b  

^a Fundacao Estadual de Protecao Ambiental Henrique Luis Roessler   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CMB model; Emission sources; PMF 3.0 model; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Receptor model; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DUST; DIESEL ENGINES; FACTORIZATION; FLEET OPERATIONS; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBONS; POLLUTION; URBAN GROWTH;

CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE MODEL; CMB MODELS; EMISSION SOURCES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON (PAH); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; RECEPTOR MODEL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; MODELING; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; URBAN AREA;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE RECEPTOR MODEL; COAL COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL AND FUEL RELATED PHENOMENA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION RECEPTOR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; URBAN AREA; WOOD BURNING; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 84939627305     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.072     Document Type: Article

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