Source apportionment of carbonaceous aerosols using hourly data and implications for reducing PM2.5 in the Pearl River Delta region of South China

• Published in: Environmental research Vol. 210; p. 112960
• Main Authors: Huang, Junjun, Zhang, Zhisheng, Tao, Jun, Zhang, Leiming, Nie, Fuli, Fei, Leilei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Emission sources; Fine particulate matter; Secondary organic carbon; Trace elements; Emission sources; Trace elements; Fine particulate matter; Secondary organic carbon

Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) levels in South China have been decreasing in the past decade, but the decreasing rates differed between its major chemical components, e.g., with much small rates for carbonaceous aerosols than for secondary inorganic aerosols. To investigate the sources of c...