Characteristics of air quality and sources affecting fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels in the City of Red Deer, Canada

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 221, Issue , 2017, Pages 367-376

  Bari, Md Aynul ^a   Kindzierski, Warren B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backward trajectory; Fine particulate matter; PMF; Red Deer; Source identification

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; FACTORIZATION; LINEAR REGRESSION;

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER CONTROL; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RED DEER; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOURCE IDENTIFICATION; TRAJECTORY;

AGRICULTURE; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ALBERTA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CITY; DEER; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

CERVUS ELAPHUS;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CANADA; CITIES; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 85008199916     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.11.087     Document Type: Article

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