Sharma, S. K. and Mandal, T. K. and Jain, Srishti and -, Saraswati and Sharma, A. and Saxena, Mohit (2016) Source Apportionment of PM2.5 in Delhi, India Using PMF Model. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 97 (2). pp. 286-293. ISSN 0007-4861

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Abstract

Chemical characterization of PM2.5 [organic carbon, elemental carbon, water soluble inorganic ionic components, and major and trace elements] was carried out for a source apportionment study of PM2.5 at an urban site of Delhi, India from January, 2013, to December, 2014. The annual average mass concentration of PM2.5 was 122 +/- A 94.1 A mu g m(-3). Strong seasonal variation was observed in PM2.5 mass concentration and its chemical composition with maxima during winter and minima during monsoon. A receptor model, positive matrix factorization (PMF) was applied for source apportionment of PM2.5 mass concentration. The PMF model resolved the major sources of PM2.5 as secondary aerosols (21.3 %), followed by soil dust (20.5 %), vehicle emissions (19.7 %), biomass burning (14.3 %), fossil fuel combustion (13.7 %), industrial emissions (6.2 %) and sea salt (4.3 %).

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to M/s Springer Verlag.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Organic carbon Elemental carbon Positive matrix factorization
Subjects:	General Science > General Science Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences > Atmosphere and Its Phenomena
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Dr. Rajpal Walke
Date Deposited:	17 Apr 2018 12:22
Last Modified:	17 Apr 2018 12:22
URI:	http://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/2356

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