PM source attribution apportionment using organic signatures in the Paso del Norte airshed

C. Jaramillo, J. S. Lighty, H. Meuzelaar

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Abstract

Particulate matter (PM) pollution has been a major problem on the US/Mexico border and has attracted special attention due to the fact that pollutants emitted on one side of the border may have adverse effects on the other side. Common sources study involves source attribution and partial source apportionment using factor analysis of receptor and source characterization data. Receptor samples were collected in both Mexico and the US and identification of organic PM constituents was accomplished using thermal-desorption GC/MS. The source attribution on the Mexican receptor sites showed a tendency to be dominated by brick kiln emissions, waste burning, and cooking emissions. By contrast the US samples had a tendency to be dominated by automotive emissions (diesel truck), trash (waste burning), and firewood combustion. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the 30th International Symposium on Combustion (Chicago, IL 7/25-30/2004).

Original languageEnglish
Pages175
Number of pages1
StatePublished - 2004
Event30th International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Works-in-Progress Poster Presentations - Chicago, IL, United States
Duration: 25 Jul 200430 Jul 2004

Conference

Conference30th International Symposium on Combustion, Abstracts of Works-in-Progress Poster Presentations
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago, IL
Period25/07/0430/07/04

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