Articles | Volume 18, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11563-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11563-2018
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16 Aug 2018
Research article |  | 16 Aug 2018

Exploration of PM2.5 sources on the regional scale in the Pearl River Delta based on ME-2 modeling

Xiao-Feng Huang, Bei-Bing Zou, Ling-Yan He, Min Hu, André S. H. Prévôt, and Yuan-Hang Zhang

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A novel multilinear engine (ME-2) model was applied to the PM2.5 dataset observed in the Pearl River Delta (PRD) of China in 2015 and identified the sources of secondary sulfate (21 %), vehicle emissions (14 %), industrial emissions (13 %), secondary nitrate (11 %), biomass burning (11 %), secondary organic aerosol (7 %), coal burning (6 %), fugitive dust (5 %), ship emissions (3 %) and aged sea salt (2 %). The central PRD area was clearly identified as the key emission area in the PRD.
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