Articles | Volume 19, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4863-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-4863-2019
Research article
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11 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 11 Apr 2019

Receptor modelling of both particle composition and size distribution from a background site in London, UK – a two-step approach

David C. S. Beddows and Roy M. Harrison

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Airborne particles are a cause of illness and premature death. Cost-effective control of particles in the atmosphere depends upon a reliable knowledge of their sources. This paper proposes and tests a new method for attributing particles quantitatively to the sources responsible for their emission or atmospheric formation.
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