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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1657-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-1657-2020
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11 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 11 Feb 2020

Source apportionment of highly time-resolved elements during a firework episode from a rural freeway site in Switzerland

Pragati Rai, Markus Furger, Jay G. Slowik, Francesco Canonaco, Roman Fröhlich, Christoph Hüglin, María Cruz Minguillón, Krag Petterson, Urs Baltensperger, and André S. H. Prévôt

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A source apportionment study of hourly resolved elements in PM10 measured at a traffic-influenced site in Härkingen, Switzerland, using positive matrix factorization (PMF) and multilinear engine-2 (ME-2) offered resolution of robust and unambiguous factor profiles and contributions. We show that the rotational control available in ME-2 provides a means for treating extreme events such as fireworks within a PMF analysis.
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