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It is time to drop principal components analysis as a “receptor model”

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This editorial discusses why we should no longer use Principal Components Analysis (PCA) as a receptor model.

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Hopke, P.K. It is time to drop principal components analysis as a “receptor model”. J Atmos Chem 72, 127–128 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10874-015-9309-1

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