Source apportionments of PM2.5 organic carbon using molecular marker Positive Matrix Factorization and comparison of results from different receptor models

Positive matrix factorization: A non‐negative factor model with optimal utilization of error estimates of data values

Pentti Paatero, Unto Tapper · Environmetrics · 1994 · 6.1K citations

Low-rank Approximation, Engineering, Optimal Utilization +15

Strong radiative heating due to the mixing state of black carbon in atmospheric aerosols

Mark Z. Jacobson · Nature · 2001 · 2.7K citations

Aerosol Transport, Black Carbon, Aerosol Formation +4

Levoglucosan, a tracer for cellulose in biomass burning and atmospheric particles

Bernd R.T. Simoneit, James J. Schauer, Christopher G. Nolte et al. · Atmospheric Environment · 1999 · 1.6K citations

Biomass Burning, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Particles +3

Source apportionment of airborne particulate matter using organic compounds as tracers

James J. Schauer, Wolfgang F. Rogge, Lynn M. Hildemann et al. · Atmospheric Environment · 1996 · 1.4K citations

Organic Geochemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Chemical Emission +11

Atmospheric aerosol over Alaska: 2. Elemental composition and sources

Alexandr V. Polissar, Philip K. Hopke, Pentti Paatero et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1998 · 942 citations

Environmental Monitoring, Engineering, Air Quality +16