Application of Organic Markers in Identification of Sources of Organic Aerosols
Keywords:
organic markers, diagnostic ratios, aerosol emission sourcesAbstract
Organic markers allow identification of emission sources of atmospheric aerosols. The markers of significant anthropogenic aerosol sources - combustion of biomass including wood and grasses, coal combustion, traffic and cooking - are characterized. The known concentrations of some substances in air such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons enable calculation of diagnostic ratios used as an alternative way of source identification.