Spatial Variability of Sources and Mixing State of Atmospheric Particles in a Metropolitan Area

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2018, Pages 6807-6815

  Ye, Qing ^a   Gu, Peishi ^a,b   Li, Hugh Z ^a,b   Robinson, Ellis S ^a,b   Lipsky, Eric ^c   Kaltsonoudis, Christos ^a   Lee, Alex K Y ^d   Apte, Joshua S ^e   Robinson, Allen L ^a,b   Sullivan, Ryan C ^a,b   Presto, Albert A ^a,b   Donahue, Neil M ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLES; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICULATE MATTER; MOBILE MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; SINGLE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETERS; SINGLE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

MIXING;

BLACK CARBON;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIXING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SINGLE PARTICLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VOLUME; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 85047413490     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b01011     Document Type: Article

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