How to use USEPA'S Speciate database for source apportionment studies for Indian Cities?

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You can use EPA-PMF model for trace elements in PM10, why do you think to use Speciate.

John G Watson

See attached article and references cited therein explaining why even the PMF and UNMIX solutions to the CMB equations require comparison of the source factors with real-world source profiles.

Here's the attachment.

Also check out:

ARAI (2009). Source profiling for vehicular emissions. Report Number ARAI/VSP-III/SP/RD/08-09/60 ; prepared by Autmotive Research Association of India, Pune, India, http://www.cpcb.nic.in/Source_Profile_Vehicles.pdf.

Sethi, V.; Patil, R.S. (2008). Development of Air Pollution Source Profiles - Stationary Sources Volume 1. prepared by Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, http://www.cpcb.nic.in/Source_Emission_%20Profiles_NVS_Volume%20One.pdf.

Sethi, V.; Patil, R.S. (2008). Development of Air Pollution Source Profiles - Stationary Sources Volume 2. prepared by Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India, http://www.cpcb.nic.in/Source_Emission_Profiles_NVS_Volume%20Two.pdf.

Dhrubajyoti Gupta

It means that its always better to built comprehensive emission inventories for individual cities with spatially and temporally resolved real samples to get authentic source-apportionment, am I right?