Articles | Volume 19, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-973-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-973-2019
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24 Jan 2019
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Positive matrix factorization of organic aerosol: insights from a chemical transport model

Anthoula D. Drosatou, Ksakousti Skyllakou, Georgia N. Theodoritsi, and Spyros N. Pandis

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The ability of positive matrix factorization (PMF) factor analysis to identify and quantify the organic aerosol (OA) sources accurately is tested in this modeling study. The estimated uncertainty of the contribution of fresh biomass burning is less than 30 % and of the other primary sources is less than 40 %, when these sources contribute more than 20 % to the OA. Τhe first oxygenated OA factor includes mainly highly aged OA, while the second oxygenated OA factor contains fresher secondary OA.
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