Articles | Volume 23, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2613-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-23-2613-2023
Technical note
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24 Feb 2023
Technical note |  | 24 Feb 2023

Technical note: Chemical composition and source identification of fluorescent components in atmospheric water-soluble brown carbon by excitation–emission matrix spectroscopy with parallel factor analysis – potential limitations and applications

Tao Cao, Meiju Li, Cuncun Xu, Jianzhong Song, Xingjun Fan, Jun Li, Wanglu Jia, and Ping'an Peng

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Data for CT J. Song https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/ULCIU9

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This work comprehensively investigated the fluorescence data of light-absorbing organic compounds, water-soluble organic matter in different types of aerosol samples, soil dust, and fulvic and humic acids using an excitation–emission matrix (EEM) method and parallel factor modeling. The results revealed which light-absorbing species can be detected by EEM and also provided important information for identifying the chemical composition and possible sources of these species in atmospheric samples.
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