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Apportionment of ambient aerosol sources by factor analysis : a case study in the Beijing urban area | |
Author | Han, Zhixiong |
Call Number | AIT Thesis no. EV-94-10 |
Subject(s) | Aerosols |
Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Environment, Resources & Development |
Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
Abstract | Apportionment of aerosol pollution sources was completed by two Target Transformation
Factor Analysis (TTF A) programs for Beijing urban area. The two programs are TTF A with test
vectors compiled by MATHCAD software and TTFA with unique vectors compiled by QUICK
BASIC 4.5. It was possible to find out major aerosol pollution sources using these two programs.
The data used in this study were mainly collected from Beijing Municipal Institute of
Environmental Protection Science. The results from TTF A with test vectors show that soil plus
coal burning, building material and petroleum are major aerosol pollution sources, which account
respectively for 70%, 9%, 14% of Total Suspended Particles (TSP with diameter |
Year | 1994 |
Type | Thesis |
School | School of Environment, Resources, and Development (SERD) |
Department | Other Field of Studies (No Department) |
Academic Program/FoS | Environmental Engineering and Management (EV) |
Chairperson(s) | Su, W. H. |
Examination Committee(s) | Muttamara, S. ; Visvanathan, C. |
Scholarship Donor(s) | State Education Commission, People's Republic of China |
Degree | Thesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology,1994 |