Articles | Volume 19, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3223-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3223-2019
Review article
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12 Mar 2019
Review article |  | 12 Mar 2019

Characteristics of the main primary source profiles of particulate matter across China from 1987 to 2017

Xiaohui Bi, Qili Dai, Jianhui Wu, Qing Zhang, Wenhui Zhang, Ruixue Luo, Yuan Cheng, Jiaying Zhang, Lu Wang, Zhuojun Yu, Yufen Zhang, Yingze Tian, and Yinchang Feng

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Data for: chemical compositions of the main source profiles of ambient particulate matter across China X. Bi, Q. Dai, J.-h. Wu, Q. Zhang, W. Zhang, R. Luo, Y. Cheng, J. Zhang, L. Wang, Z. Yu, Y. Zhang, Y. Tian, and Y. Feng https://doi.org/10.17632/x8dfshjt9j.2

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Source profiles are of great importance for the application of receptor models in source apportionment studies, as they characterize specific sources from a chemical point of view, revealing the signatures of source emissions. Here, a total of 3326 chemical profiles of the main primary sources across China from 1987 to 2017 are reviewed. The results highlight the urgent need for increased investigation of more specific markers beyond routinely measured components to better discriminate sources.
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