Sources apportionment of PM2.5 in a background site in the North China Plain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 590-598

  Yao, Lan ^a   Yang, Lingxiao ^a   Yuan, Qi ^a   Yan, Chao ^a   Dong, Can ^a   Meng, Chuanping ^a   Sui, Xiao ^a   Yang, Fei ^a   Lu, Yaling ^a   Wang, Wenxing ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

PM2.5; PMF; PSCF; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; COPPER SMELTING; CRASHWORTHINESS; NITRATES; RIVER POLLUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NATIONAL AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; PMF; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORISATION; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION MODELS; POTENTIAL SOURCE REGIONS; PSCF; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

COAL COMBUSTION;

AMMONIA; COAL; COPPER; NITRATE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOMASS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA NATURE RESERVE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84943164902     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.123     Document Type: Article

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