Inter-comparison of source apportionment models for the estimation of wood burning aerosols during wintertime in an Alpine city (Grenoble, France)

• Published in: Atmospheric chemistry and physics Vol. 10; no. 12; pp. 5295 - 5314
• Main Authors: Favez, O., El Haddad, I., Piot, C., Boréave, A., Abidi, E., Marchand, N., Jaffrezo, J.-L., Besombes, J.-L., Personnaz, M.-B., Sciare, J., Wortham, H., George, C., D'Anna, B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Katlenburg-Lindau Copernicus GmbH 01.01.2010; European Geosciences Union; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: Earth Sciences; Glaciology; Sciences of the Universe; France

The emission of organic aerosols (OA) in the ambient air by residential wood burning is nowadays a subject of great scientific concern and a growing number of studies aim at apportioning the influence of such emissions on urban air quality. In the present study, results obtained using two commonly-u...