Source apportionment of particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Lumbini, Nepal by using the positive matrix factorization receptor model

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 182, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-53

  Chen, Pengfei ^a,d   Li, Chaoliu ^a   Kang, Shichang ^b,c   Yan, Fangping ^b,d   Zhang, Qianggong ^a,c   Ji, Zhengming ^a   Tripathee, Lekhendra ^b   Rupakheti, Dipesh ^a,d   Rupakheti, Maheswar ^e   Qu, Bin ^f   Sillanpää, Mika ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c CAS CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN TIBETAN PLATEAU EARTH SCIENCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED SUSTAINABILITY STUDIES   (Germany)

^f LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Indo Gangetic Plain; Lumbini; PMF; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Source

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; AROMATIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; DEFORESTATION; FACTORIZATION; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROCARBONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RURAL AREAS; URBAN GROWTH;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; LUMBINI; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS); POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SOURCE; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONSOON; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RURAL AREA;

LUMBINI; NEPAL;

EID: 84979240921     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.07.011     Document Type: Article

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