A review was conducted of the published literature on source apportionment of ambient
particulate matter (PM) in Europe using receptor models (RMs). Consistent records were …

An increasing number of air pollution source apportionment studies in Europe and the
United States have focused on the black carbon (BC) fraction of ambient particulate matter …

Equivalent black carbon (EBC) measured by a multi-wavelength Aethalometer can be
apportioned to traffic and wood burning. The method is based on the differences in the …

A spectroscopic analysis of 115 wintertime particulate matter samples collected in rural
California shows that wood smoke absorbs solar radiation with a strong spectral selectivity …

A reliable assessment of the optical properties of atmospheric black carbon is of crucial
importance for an accurate estimation of radiative forcing. In this study we investigated the …

This paper analyses elemental (EC), organic (OC) and total carbon (TC) concentration in PM
2.5 and PM 10 samples collected over the last few years within several national and …

The adverse effects of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) on health and ecosystems, as
well as on meteorology and climate change, are well known to the scientific community. It is …

Thermal-optical analysis is currently under consideration by the European standardization
body (CEN) as the reference method to quantitatively determine organic carbon (OC) and …

It is a common practice in develo** countries and in some regions of Europe that solid
wastes generated in households (eg plastic beverage packaging and other plastic wastes …

In this paper, a new way to apportion the absorption coefficient (b abs) of carbonaceous
atmospheric aerosols starting from a multi-wavelength optical analysis is shown. This …