Source apportionment of ambient particle number concentrations in central  Los Angeles using positive matrix factorization (PMF)

Sowlat, Mohammad Hossein; Hasheminassab, Sina; Sioutas, Constantinos

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4849-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4849-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-4849-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

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20 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 20 Apr 2016

Source apportionment of ambient particle number concentrations in central Los Angeles using positive matrix factorization (PMF)

Mohammad Hossein Sowlat, Sina Hasheminassab, and Constantinos Sioutas

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RC1: 'Source apportionment of ambient particle number concentrations in central Los Angeles using positive matrix factorization (PMF)', Anonymous Referee #1, 01 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Reviewer #1 comments', Mohammad Hossein Sowlat, 11 Mar 2016
RC2: 'Comments to "Source apportionment of ambient particle number concentrations in central Los Angeles using positive matrix factorization (PMF)"', Anonymous Referee #2, 02 Mar 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer #2 comments', Mohammad Hossein Sowlat, 11 Mar 2016

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In this study, the positive matrix factorization (PMF) receptor model was used to identify and quantify major sources contributing to particulate matter (PM) number concentrations, using number size distributions measured in central Los Angeles, CA. The sources of particle number concentrations were identified as traffic, nucleation, urban background aerosol, secondary aerosol, and soil/road dust, with traffic and nucleation having the largest contributions to the total number concentrations.