Articles | Volume 15, issue 18
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5479-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5479-2022
Research article
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27 Sep 2022
Research article |  | 27 Sep 2022

Rolling vs. seasonal PMF: real-world multi-site and synthetic dataset comparison

Marta Via, Gang Chen, Francesco Canonaco, Kaspar R. Daellenbach, Benjamin Chazeau, Hasna Chebaicheb, Jianhui Jiang, Hannes Keernik, Chunshui Lin, Nicolas Marchand, Cristina Marin, Colin O'Dowd, Jurgita Ovadnevaite, Jean-Eudes Petit, Michael Pikridas, Véronique Riffault, Jean Sciare, Jay G. Slowik, Leïla Simon, Jeni Vasilescu, Yunjiang Zhang, Olivier Favez, André S. H. Prévôt, Andrés Alastuey, and María Cruz Minguillón

Data sets

Rolling vs. seasonal comparison M. Via https://doi.org/10.17632/dsfty2rn7y.2

Model code and software

Rolling vs. Seasonal PMF coding M. Via https://doi.org/10.17632/nd79y8mpg3.1

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Short summary
This work presents the differences resulting from two techniques (rolling and seasonal) of the positive matrix factorisation model that can be run for organic aerosol source apportionment. The current state of the art suggests that the rolling technique is more accurate, but no proof of its effectiveness has been provided yet. This paper tackles this issue in the context of a synthetic dataset and a multi-site real-world comparison.