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Air pollution sources of PM10 in Buenos Aires City

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To elucidate the sources of PM10 air pollution from the experimental information collected in a local air quality monitoring campaign we have applied two methods, effective variance and genetic algorithms, in the solution of the chemical mass balance. The comparison of these two mathematical approaches show that the identification of the possible sources and the evaluation of its contributions are quite independent of them. The role of possible different sources for major and trace elements and the significance of standardizing available data is also addressed. We also present a simple method for identifying the number of candidate sources, a key element defining the dimension of the search space.

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  1. Universidad de San Martín, ECyT, Martín de Irigoyen 3100, San Martín, B1653HIM, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Silvia Reich

  2. Universidad de Buenos Aires, CBC, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Silvia Reich

  3. Dpto. Física, Universidad de Buenos Aires, FCEyN, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EGA, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Fabiana Robledo

  4. Gerencia Química, Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Avda. General Paz 1499, B1650KNA, San Martín, Argentina

    Darío Gomez & Patricia Smichowski

  5. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Patricia Smichowski

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Reich, S., Robledo, F., Gomez, D. et al. Air pollution sources of PM10 in Buenos Aires City. Environ Monit Assess 155, 191–204 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-008-0428-x

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