Methods for estimating uncertainty in PMF solutions: Examples with ambient air and water quality data and guidance on reporting PMF results

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 518-519, Issue , 2015, Pages 626-635

  Brown, Steven G ^a   Eberly, Shelly ^b   Paatero, Pentti ^c   Norris, Gary A ^d  

^a SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^b Geometric Tools   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; EPA PMF; Positive matrix factorization; Receptor modeling; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL STORAGE; FACTORIZATION; POLLUTION; RANDOM ERRORS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETERS; EPA PMF; INLINE STORAGE SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RECEPTOR MODEL; SACRAMENTO , CALIFORNIA; WATER QUALITY DATA;

MATRIX ALGEBRA;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84939951744     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.022     Document Type: Article

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