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

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

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3223-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3223-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-3223-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 5

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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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RC1: '“characteristics of the main primary source profiles of particulate matter across China: from 1987 to 2017” by Bi et al.,', Anonymous Referee #2, 23 Sep 2018
- AC1: 'Response to RC1', Yinchang Feng, 05 Dec 2018
RC2: 'comments', Anonymous Referee #4, 02 Oct 2018
- AC2: 'Response to RC2', Yinchang Feng, 05 Dec 2018
RC3: 'Review of "Characteristics of the main primary source profiles of particulate matter across China: from 1987 to 2017" by Bi et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 Oct 2018
- AC3: 'Response to RC3', Yinchang Feng, 05 Dec 2018
RC4: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #4, 03 Oct 2018
- AC4: 'Response to RC4', Yinchang Feng, 05 Dec 2018
RC5: 'Comments for acp-2018-687', Anonymous Referee #1, 13 Oct 2018
- AC5: 'Response to RC5', Yinchang Feng, 05 Dec 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Yinchang Feng on behalf of the Authors (06 Dec 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Jan 2019) by Qiang Zhang

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (17 Jan 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (18 Jan 2019)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (19 Jan 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Jan 2019) by Qiang Zhang

AR by Yinchang Feng on behalf of the Authors (23 Jan 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (04 Feb 2019) by Qiang Zhang

AR by Yinchang Feng on behalf of the Authors (11 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (24 Feb 2019) by Qiang Zhang

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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.