Interpretation of organic components from Positive Matrix Factorization of aerosol mass spectrometric data

The organic aerosol (OA) dataset from an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (Q-AMS) collected at the Pittsburgh Air Quality Study (PAQS) in September 2002 was analyzed with Positive Matrix Factorization (PMF). Three components – hydrocarbon-like organic aerosol OA (HOA), a highly-oxygenated OA (OOA-...

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Main Authors: I. M. Ulbrich, M. R. Canagaratna, Q. Zhang, D. R. Worsnop, J. L. Jimenez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2009-05-01
Series:Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Online Access:http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/9/2891/2009/acp-9-2891-2009.pdf