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Research article
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14 Dec 2018
Research article |
| 14 Dec 2018
| 14 Dec 2018
Principal component analysis of summertime ground site measurements in the Athabasca oil sands with a focus on analytically unresolved intermediate-volatility organic compounds
Travis W. Tokarek
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N
1N4, Canada
Charles A. Odame-Ankrah
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N
1N4, Canada
Jennifer A. Huo
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N
1N4, Canada
Robert McLaren
Centre for Atmospheric Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Ontario, M3J
1P3, Canada
Alex K. Y. Lee
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University
of Singapore, Singapore 117576, Singapore
NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore,
Singapore
Max G. Adam
NUS Environmental Research Institute, National University of Singapore,
Singapore
Megan D. Willis
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S
3H6, Canada
now at: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Chemical Sciences Division, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Jonathan P. D. Abbatt
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S
3H6, Canada
Cristian Mihele
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Andrea Darlington
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Richard L. Mittermeier
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Kevin Strawbridge
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Katherine L. Hayden
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Jason S. Olfert
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton,
Alberta, T6G 1H9, Canada
Elijah G. Schnitzler
Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G
2G2, Canada
Duncan K. Brownsey
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N
1N4, Canada
Faisal V. Assad
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N
1N4, Canada
Gregory R. Wentworth
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S
3H6, Canada
now at: Environmental Monitoring and Science Division, Alberta
Environment and Parks, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 5C6, Canada
Alex G. Tevlin
Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S
3H6, Canada
Douglas E. J. Worthy
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Shao-Meng Li
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
John Liggio
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Jeffrey R. Brook
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, M3H 5T4, Canada
Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N
1N4, Canada
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Short summary
Measurements of air pollutants at a ground site near Fort McKay in the Athabasca oil sands region in the summer of 2013 are presented. A large number of intermediate-volatility organic compounds (IVOCs) were observed; these molecules were shown previously to generate atmospheric particles downwind of the region. A principal component analysis was performed to identify major pollution source types, including which source(s) is(are) associated with IVOC emissions (e.g., freshly mined bitumen).
Measurements of air pollutants at a ground site near Fort McKay in the Athabasca oil sands...
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