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Development of PM2.5 source profiles using a hybrid

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chemical transport-receptor modeling approach

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Cesunica Ivey1†*, Heather Holmes2, Guoliang Shi3, Sivaraman Balachandran4, Yongtao Hu1, and

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Armistead G. Russell1

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta,

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Georgia, US; 2Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Physics, University of Nevada

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Reno, Reno Nevada, USA; 3State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Urban Ambient

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Air Particulate Matter Pollution Prevention and Control & Center for Urban Transport Emission

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Research, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin

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300071, China; 4Department Biomedical Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University

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of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Ohio, USA

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Corresponding Author

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*Cesunica E. Ivey, Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Physics, University of

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Nevada Reno. 1664 N. Virginia St., Mailstop 0220, Reno, NV 89557. Phone: (775) 784-6792.

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Fax: (775) 784-1398. Email: [email protected]

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Present Addresses

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†Now at Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Physics, University of Nevada Reno,

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Reno, NV


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Abstract

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Laboratory-based or in-situ PM2.5 source profiles may not represent the pollutant

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composition for the sources in a different study location due to spatially and temporally varying

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characteristics, such as fuel or crustal element composition, or due to differences in emissions

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behavior under ambient versus laboratory conditions. In this work, PM2.5 source profiles were

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estimated for 20 sources using a novel optimization approach that incorporates observed

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concentrations with source impacts from a chemical transport model (CTM) to capture local

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pollutant characteristics. Nonlinear optimization was used to minimize the error between source

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profiles, CTM source impacts, and observations. In a 2006 U.S. application, spatial and seasonal

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variability was seen for coal combustion, dust, fires, metals processing, and other source profiles

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when compared to the reference profiles, with variability in species fractions over 400%

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(calcium in dust) compared to mean contributions of the same species. Revised profiles

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improved the spatial and temporal bias in modeled concentrations of several trace metal species,

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including Na, Al, Ca, Mn, Cu, As, Se, Br, and Pb. In an application of the CMB-iteration model

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for two U.S. cities, revised profiles estimated higher biomass burning and dust impacts for

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summer compared with previous studies. Source profile optimization can be useful for source

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apportionment studies that have limited availability of source profile data for the location of

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interest.

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Introduction

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Receptor-oriented modeling is a widely-used approach for estimating the quantitative

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impacts of particulate matter sources on ambient concentrations. Receptor-oriented techniques

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largely rely on surface measurements of total PM2.5 mass as well as individual PM2.5 species.

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Two of the more popular receptor models are the chemical mass balance (CMB) model1 and


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positive matrix factorization (PMF)2. The CMB model relies on inputs of PM2.5 measurements

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and estimates of source profiles or “fingerprints”—the mass of individual PM2.5 species emitted

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from a source relative to the total mass emitted1. A well-known repository of source profiles is

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available through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency SPECIATE database, a collection

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of 5,187 volatile organic gas and particulate matter source profiles developed using data from

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emission studies and laboratory testing (http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/software/speciate/). There

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are uncertainties associated with profiles in the database due to the need for more current

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speciation data, as noted in the development documentation3. The EPA National Emissions

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Inventory (NEI) contains hundreds of unique sources, and they are assigned a distinct source

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classification code (SCC). Source profiles for some SCCs are unavailable and are therefore

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assigned the profile of a comparable source. Profiles developed from laboratory studies with a

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sample size of N=1 are assigned a lower quality rating in the SPECIATE database, indicating

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that the profile has higher uncertainty. Additionally, fuel composition may vary by facility (e.g.

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gasoline refining), hence a composite profile for gasoline vapors is recommended in the

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database.

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Source profiles are subject to uncertainty and several studies have been conducted to

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address these uncertainties. For example, Reff et al. (2009) addressed uncertainty in trace metal

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species fractions for 84 unique PM2.5 source profiles by examining PM2.5 emissions in the NEI,

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and the profiles were developed using existing profiles from SPECIATE (v4.0)4. Authors noted

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that several profile adjustments were made based on data quality, profile notes, and associated

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references. The 84 profiles included mass fractions of OC, EC, major ions, non-carbon organic

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matter, metal-bound oxygen, particulate water, 37 metal elements, and other unspeciated PM2.5.

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Sources presented included unpaved road dust, residential wood combustion, charbroiling,


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aluminum processing, catalytic cracking, fly ash, phosphate manufacturing, urea fertilizer, potato

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deep-frying, and steel desulfurization.

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In another study, Balachandran et al. (2013) implemented a Bayesian-based ensemble

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approach to address the need for season-specific PM2.5 source profiles. Profiles were estimated

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for a winter and summer month for major sources: gasoline vehicles, diesel vehicles, dust,

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biomass burning, and coal combustion5. The ensemble members included PMF, CMB, CMB-

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LGO (Lipshitz global optimizer), CMB-MM (molecular markers), and CMAQ (Community

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Multiscale Air Quality model)6–9.

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species, including major ions, carbon species, and trace metals. Certain species in the ensemble-

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based source profiles for biomass burning and coal combustion showed strong seasonality.

The source profiles included contributions for 15 PM2.5

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In a study by Lee et al. (2007), authors quantified how the uncertainty of species

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measurements and source profiles impacts CMB results using Monte Carlo analysis with Latin

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hypercube sampling10. The percent contributions to uncertainties from individual species in

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source profiles on CMB results were presented for the following source categories: biomass

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burning, pulp and paper production, motor vehicles, oil combustion, dust, coal combustion,

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mineral production, and metal production. Uncertainty contributions of CMB inputs were also

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presented for ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulfate, and ammonium bisulfate; however, the

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uncertainties in quantifying impacts from these sources were mainly contributed by the

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measurement uncertainties for nitrate, ammonium, and sulfate. The findings in the Lee et al.

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study indicated that the uncertainties in the source impacts are highly species dependent.

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In a more recent study by Sturtz et al. (2014), authors addressed the uncertainty in

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wildfire source profiles by employing a weighted PMF-chemical transport modeling approach

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for source apportionment on total fine particle carbon at receptors impacted by wildfires11. To


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improve the source apportionment results, constraints were placed on carbon thermal fractions,

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K, NO3, and SO4 for the biomass burning profile, and on non-carbonaceous species for the

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biogenics profile. This study demonstrated that modifications to standard source profiles can be

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beneficial for source impact studies.

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This paper addresses the uncertainty of source profiles due to the spatial and temporal

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variability of source characteristics under ambient conditions. The objective of this work is to

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develop new source profiles for 20 sources of fine particulate matter using data assimilation with

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observations and hybrid chemical transport-receptor model results. The revised profiles are

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calculated using nonlinear optimization and are then used in the CMB-iteration method12

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(developed to estimate both primary and secondary organic carbon concentrations) to estimate

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PM2.5 source impacts in two U.S. cities. The revised profiles are uniquely estimated for each

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monitored location and reflect local conditions by incorporating observed concentrations into the

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profiles, while the reference profiles were estimated as an aggregate of species contributions

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determined by in-situ source sampling. Revised profiles are presented for four seasons and are

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grouped by their location in the administrative regions of the United States Environment

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Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). Regional and seasonal source profile optimization captures

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spatiotemporal variations in profiles, where static profiles that are used in traditional modeling

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may introduce errors by not considering the local variation in emissions.

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This work is significant in that the proposed methods create an improved or more

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compatible source profile for the locations of interest. Source profiles are difficult to obtain

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when considering the sampling and analysis efforts that are required for their construction.

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Further, the methods presented bring together information from the source profile, source

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impacts, and the ambient receptor to create a new source profile that reflects local conditions.


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Materials and Methods

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Data

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Observations from the Chemical Speciation Network (CSN) were used for method

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development and application. Available data from the CSN network included total PM2.5 mass,

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organic and elemental carbon, major ions, and 35 metal species. PM2.5 mass and full speciation

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measurements were available for 121 days during the study year (2006), as measurements were

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available every third or sixth day depending on the local monitoring schedule. The total number

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of monitors available on observation days varied from approximately 40 to 150 due to the

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previously stated scheduling. Carbon species concentrations were converted from TOT to TOR

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equivalents using methods from a previous study13. In the current study, only 23 chemical

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species were considered for source profile development due to the low occurrence of

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concentrations below detection limit for some trace metal species13.

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CMAQ-DDM Modeling

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The CMAQ model is a chemical transport model (CTM) that outputs gridded

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concentrations of atmospheric pollutants and is equipped with the ability to estimate model

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sensitivities to perturbations in inputs or boundary conditions by implementing the decoupled

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direct method (DDM) for three-dimensional domains14,15. CMAQ-DDM modeling was

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performed for one year (2006) at 36 km resolution over the continental U.S., and the modeling

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domain includes southern Canada and northern Mexico. Meteorological inputs were generated

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using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model v3.3.1 with the Pleim-Xiu land-

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surface model, Kain-Fritsch cumulus parameterization, Morrison 2-moment microphysics,

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RRTM longwave radiation, Dudhia shortwave radiation, the ACM2 planetary boundary layer

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scheme, and the Pleim-Xiu surface layer scheme16,17. Emissions inputs were generated using the

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Sparse Matrix Operator Kernel Emissions (SMOKE) model (v2.6) along with the 2005 U.S. EPA


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National Emissions Inventory (NEI)18. The CMAQ-DDM model was used to calculate the

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sensitivity of PM2.5 concentration to emissions from 20 unique sources categories. These

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sensitivities represent the initial source impact estimates. The 20 source categories were chosen

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to provide insightful source impact information, and categories include biogenic emissions, on-

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road and non-road vehicles, stationary fossil fuel combustion, metals processing, wildfires,

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agriculture and livestock activities, and several others (Table 1).

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Spatial Hybrid Source Apportionment

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A hybrid chemical transport-receptor model (CTM-RM) was applied here, and it uses the

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initial CMAQ-DDM source impact estimates and observed concentrations to optimize modeled

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source impact estimates. The approach is detailed in Hu et al. (2014)19 and briefly described

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here. The hybrid CTM-RM source apportionment model was applied at CSN monitors with

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available speciated PM2.5 data. The hybrid model is applied for one monitored location and one

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day at a time. The model optimizes an adjustment factor (for source j), and is applied to

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base case CMAQ-DDM source impacts to either increase or decrease the impacts so that

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modeled estimates better reflect observed concentrations (Eq. 1).

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=

! [ ∑ , ( )] ∑0 &+ 1/ ! ! " #" ,

,

%$)*( )!

( ∑./ "

+, (- )

!

(1)

In Eq. 1, is the error to be minimized; 21345 and 21516 are observed and CMAQ-modeled

concentrations of species i, respectively; 78495: is the base-case CMAQ-DDM impact of source 1,

j on species i; ;1,345 , ;1,< , and ;=> ( ) are uncertainties in the observations, modeled

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concentrations, and source impacts, respectively; and ( (an iterative value equal to first term

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divided by 20) is a weighting term to balance the optimized output and ensure a physically

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relevant solution. Refined concentrations and source impacts are calculated using Eqs. 2 and 3:


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?:@1*:A

781,

= 21516 + ∑./ 78495: 1, ( − 1)

?:@1*:A

(2)

= 78495: ∗ 1,

(3)

The hybrid CTM-RM method was extended spatially by kriging the adjustment factors

that were calculated at the monitored locations, and then spatially interpolated values were

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applied to the corresponding gridded 78495: spatial fields20. The gridded values, originally 1,

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available only on observation days, were temporally interpolated using grid-by-grid linear

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interpolation. As a result, daily 36 km resolution spatial fields of refined source impacts (spatial

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hybrid) and concentrations were estimated for the entire continental U.S. Spatial hybrid fields

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are used as inputs for the source profile study.

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Source Profile Optimization

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This study presents a new method for developing source profiles for the 20 previously-

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mentioned PM2.5 sources. The method employs a nonlinear optimization approach that

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assimilates CSN observations and spatial hybrid source impacts to generate receptor-trained

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profiles. The optimization equation is applied at one monitor for one observation day at a time.

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The source profile optimization equation is derived from the CMB method: 21345 = ∑./ E1, 7 + F1 ,

(4)

where E1, is the fraction of species i that is emitted from source j, 7 is the impact of source j on

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total PM2.5, and F1 is the concentration prediction error to be minimized. For the spatial hybrid

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(SH) impact of source j on total PM2.5, the following equality holds:

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7G = ∑H1/ 78495: 1, ,

(5)

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under the assumption that all impacting sources on total PM2.5 are accounted for by the SH

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approach.


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To calculate new source profiles, the variable E1, is expressed as the product of an

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I adjustment ratio and the original or reference species fraction, E1, : I E1, = J1, E1,

(6)

The reference source profiles E1I were derived from the study by Reff et. al (2009) 4 (Table S2).

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The E1I matrix is composed of source profiles for 19 chemical species (EC, Na, Al, Si, Cl, K, Ca,

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Ti, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, As, Se, Br, Sn, Sb, Ba, and Pb). Now the variable of interest becomes J1, , and the new equality becomes:

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. I ( ∑H1/ 78495: 21345 = ∑/ J1, E1, 1, ) + F1

(7)

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The source profile ratio is optimized by minimizing the squared prediction error ei, renamed as

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X2 :

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I K = ∑H1/L21345 − M∑./ J1, E1, ( ∑H1/ 78495: 1, )NO

(8)

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Uncertainties and constraints are added to the objective function (Eq. 9) to weight and balance

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the prediction error:

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K = ∑H1/

Q P ∑ ?, @, ∑R , S

", ! #",$T !

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σ[,\] = (∑ic/ σ^Q SAdefg [,c R c )

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XME1I N =

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I ∑H1/ J1, E1, ≤1

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!

+

@ Q M?, N I U( ∑H1/ V∑./ , " XME1, NY Q W,

(9) (10)

_,`

1, jE1I j > 0 0, E1I = 0

(11) (12)

The second term of Eq. 9 serves as the error balancing term. The term ;1, is the uncertainty of

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the source impacts on species i (Eq. 10); ;@Q is the numerical uncertainty of the reference source

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profiles; U is a sensitivity term (U =

,

H

in this study); ( is a numerical weighting term

∑R ∑ n(@Q )


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(( = 0.01 in this application); and XME1I N is a piecewise function used to constrain the

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optimization and omit species with zero contribution from having numerical influence on the

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optimization (Eq. 11). After optimization of the source profile ratios (J1 ), revised source profiles

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(E1*:p ) are derived using Eq. 6. The lower bound for the optimization of J1 is 0.5 and the upper

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bound is 2, indicating that the optimization allows the initialized J1 to be modified by a factor of

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2 in both directions.

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Secondary species OC, NO3, NH4, and SO4 were omitted from the optimization because

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the method targets species that are mainly inert in the CMAQ model and do not undergo major

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chemical transformation after being emitted. After optimization, reference fractions of OC, NO3,

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NH4, and SO4 were reincorporated into the revised source profiles. The original ratios (obtained

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from Reff et al., 2009) of these four species were maintained. This presents a limitation for this

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current study, in that ratios of secondary species are expected to change at the receptor. One

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potential impact of not including secondary species in the optimization is that the fractions of

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primary metals species estimated in the revised profile are higher than the ambient fractions at

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the receptor, mainly due to the increased fraction of secondary species (e.g., sulfate, nitrate,

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ammonium, organic carbon). However, the present focus is placed on improving estimates of

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the primary species fractions at the source by incorporating observations of trace metal

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concentrations into the reference profile. The final revised source profiles contain fingerprints

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for 20 sources and 23 species, including the 19 primary species and 4 secondary species.

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The source profile optimization method was applied for the year 2006 at CSN sites on

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days when species measurements were available (every 3rd or 6th day). After optimization, new

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source profiles were grouped by season (winter: December, January, February; spring: March,

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April, May; summer: June, July, August; and fall: September, October, November) and their


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associated EPA administrative region (Fig. 1). Region 4 had the greatest number of monitors (N

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= 56), and Region 7 had the least number of monitors (N = 4) (Table S1).

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The CMB-iteration (v3.0) method12 was used to test the revised source profiles for

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Atlanta, GA (Region 4) and St. Louis, MO (Region 7) case studies for one winter (January 2006)

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and one summer (July 2006) month. The CMB-iteration method is a modification of the EPA

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CMB method and estimates both primary and secondary organic carbon impacts. Sources were

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selected to match results from the previous studies for Atlanta and St. Louis21,22. Negative

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source contributions from CMB-iteration were excluded from the monthly averages, with the

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exception of the impacts for the SOC category. In that case, increased NOx emissions can lead to

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a reduction in SOC as the yields change and radical levels can be decreased. Negative source

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contributions occur when the CMB-iteration model over fits the minimization of the error for

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that time instance. Positive contributions were obtained for all sources for the majority of the

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CMB-iteration calculations. For consistency, the sources chosen were kept the same for each

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calculation. Implementation of the updated source profiles in CMB-iteration demonstrated the

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ability to use CTM-revised profiles in traditional receptor models.

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Variability Analysis

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A total of 1955 source profiles were calculated in the application of the optimization

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method, and profiles were stratified by EPA region and season. All revised profiles were also

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averaged to calculate a national average profile. Species fractions and standard deviations for

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the U.S. average for all sources are presented in the supplemental information (Tables S3-S10).

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Variability of the regionally and seasonally averaged revised profiles was analyzed by examining

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two metrics: cosine similarity and coefficient of variability.


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First, the cosine similarity for source j was calculated to contrast the regional-seasonal revised profile with the reference profile, which was derived in Reff et al. (2009) 4 (Eq. 13). qrsrtuJrvw =

@xy ∙@Q

{@xy {{@Q {

=

∑R @xy @Q

|∑R(@xy )! |∑R(@Q )!

(13)

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A similarity of 1 indicates that the profiles are the same, -1 indicates opposite profiles, and 0

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indicates orthogonality23. The second metric analyzed was the coefficient of variation (CoV),

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which is the ratio of the standard deviation and mean species fraction (Eq. 14).

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"Wxy

}~ (%) =

Wxy

100

(14)

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The CoV metric characterizes the spread of the revised species fractions, where higher values

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indicate more variability in the species fractions over space and time. The CoV was calculated

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for the annual U.S. averaged profile for all 20 sources.

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Results and Discussion

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Source Profile Ratios

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The ratios rij that were calculated as a result of the source profile optimization are

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presented in Figs. S1-S20 (see Supplemental Information) in the form of seasonal distributions

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for each source and species. Distributions ranged from 0.5 to 2, as reflected by the lower and

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upper constraints on the optimization. An rij value of 0.5 indicates a 50% decrease in the species

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contribution compared to the reference profile, and an rij of 2 indicates a doubling in species

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contribution in that source profile compared to the reference profile. Species fractions for

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agriculture/livestock (Fig. S1) and biogenic (Fig. S3) sources were less than 1 for EC, Na, Al,

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and Si (further designated at EC-Si), and were near one for all other species, indicating little

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variability in optimized ratios. Note that the reference contributions are zero for


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agriculture/livestock and biogenics, and contributions remain zero after optimization (no primary

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emissions of PM2.5 from these sources).

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Distributions for the other 18 sources had common characteristics. For example, ratios for

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EC-Si were less than 1 for all sources, indicating a reduction in these species’ contributions after

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optimization. For fuel oil combustion (Fig. S7) and non-road gasoline (Fig. S12) ratios for the

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all other metals were mostly near one, indicating little change in species contribution for these

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sources. For coal combustion (Fig. S4), dust (Fig. S5), fires (Fig. S6), metals processing (Fig.

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S9), on-road gasoline combustion (Fig. S15), other PM2.5 (Fig. S16), and other combustion (Fig.

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S17), the distributions for most metals (Ca, Ti, Mn, Zn, Cu, Se, Br, and Sn) spanned the

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constrained range for rij, from 0.5 to 2. This indicated that metals contributions for these sources

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underwent more change than for the other sources. Each source had unique patterns of

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distributions for each species, indicating that the source profile optimization captures local

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variabilities that are unique to each source.

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Revised Profile Variability

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Regional-seasonal profiles for coal combustion, dust, metals processing, and others had

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the most deviation (lowest similarity) from the original profiles (Tables S11-S14). For the coal

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combustion profiles, the minimum similarity was 0.97 for the Region 10 summer profile (Table

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S11). In general, spring and summer revised profiles were less similar to the reference profile

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than the fall and winter profiles. This indicated that the coal combustion profiles were more

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variable during warmer months, which is consistent with the peak in coal combustion impacts

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during warmer months24. For the dust profiles, most similarities were 1.00, indicating no

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significant difference in the regional-seasonal profile compared to the reference profile (Table

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S12). According to the similarity calculations, the most variable dust profiles were for fall (0.98)


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for Region 1, spring (0.98) and fall (0.98) for Region 9, and winter (0.95) and summer (0.99) for

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Region 10. Regions 1, 9, and 10 are all coastal regions for which the dust content of the

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atmosphere can be influenced by African or Asian dust.

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For the metals processing profiles, regional-seasonal profile variability was highest for

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Regions 3,4, 5, and 7, which fall in the mid-Atlantic, southeastern, and midwestern regions of the

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United States (Table S13). These areas are concentrated with manufacturing and smelting

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facilities, where variability in emissions composition is likely22.

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processing profiles were as low as 0.94 (fall for Region 4), and similarities for each Region were

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similar across the seasons. For the others category most similarities were 0.99, where only the

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similarities for the summer profiles of Region 7 and 10 were less (0.98) (Table S14).

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Considering that the similarity metric is dependent on the magnitudes of the numbers in

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question, values less than 1.0 are significant in this study due to the relatively small magnitudes

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of the species fractions (~10-3). It is important to note that the similarities for the sea salt profiles

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were highly variable; however, this variability was ignored due to the low variability of the

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observed composition of sea spray.

Similarities for metals

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Five sources had relatively high CoV values: coal combustion, dust, fires, metals

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processing, and others (Fig. 2, Tables S15-S19). CoV values for coal combustion were highest

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for Regions 1 and 2, which are located in the northeastern U.S. (Table S15). The species with

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significantly high values included Ca (264%), Fe (115%), Si (93%), and Se (65%) for Region 1

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and Ca (139%) and Si (72%) for Region 2. The CoV values for dust were high for Si (range: 49-

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272%) and Ca (41-379%) for all Regions (Table S16). The CoV for Fe in Region 1 (115%) and

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Region 4 (59%) was also high, and these Regions are in the eastern U.S. For fires, the CoV was

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high for Cl and K in most regions, and values were highest for Region 9 (Cl: 204%, K: 153%) in


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the western U.S., which has high occurrences of wildfires (Table S17). The highest CoV values

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for the metals processing profile occurred for Cl and Fe for several regions: 717% (Region 5),

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265% (Region 3), 182% (Region 9), and 143% (Region 2) for Cl; and 243% (Region 1), 171%

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(Region 9), 153% (Region 2), 123% (Region 8), 113% (Region 3), 106% (Region 10), and 95%

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(Region 4) for Fe (Table S18). The others profile had high CoV values for Cl (range: 7%

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(Region 10) to 197% (Region 7)) and Na (range: 3% (Region 10) to 90% (Region 7)) (Table

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S19). The results from the species fraction variability analysis highlighted the most variable

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species for the source profiles with respect to location and season over the continental U.S. The

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variability analysis indicates that source profiles are highly variable in space and time, and the

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optimization method is useful for capturing and addressing this variability.

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Revised Concentrations

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Concentrations of metals were compared for observations, SH concentrations derived

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from the reference source profile (SHreference), and SH concentrations derived from the revised

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source profiles (SHrevised) (Table S20). On average, mean normalized biases (MNB) between

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observed and modeled concentrations of some species did not improve, namely: Si (obs v.

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SHreference = 7.62, obs v. SHrevised = 9.40); K (obs v. SHreference = 9.79, obs v. SHrevised = 13.7); Fe

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(obs v. SHreference = 23.96, obs v. SHrevised = 36.06); and Zn (obs v. SHreference = 1.87, obs v.

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SHrevised = 2.97) (Table S21). On the other hand, estimates and MNBs for some species did

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improve, including Na, Al, Ca, Mn, Cu, As, Se, Br, and Pb, which represents 50% of all trace

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metal species considered in this study. For the improved species, Figures S21a-c and S22 show a

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tighter spread for revised biases compared to reference biases.

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The CMB-iteration method was applied for Atlanta, GA and St. Louis, MO for January

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and July 2006 to determine if the revised profiles were suitable for use in traditional receptor

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models. Source impacts calculated with revised profiles were within the expected range of

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values for the sources that were analyzed (Fig. 3, Tables S22 and S23). Of the revised profiles,

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the Region 4 winter and summer profiles were used for Atlanta, and the Region 7 winter and

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summer profiles were used for St. Louis.

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compared with results from CMB-gas constraint (CMB-GC)25 applications and showed similar

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results. Source impacts are also presented for the application of the spatial hybrid method using

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the reference (SHreference) and revised (SHrevised) sources profiles. In general, the source impacts

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from CMB-GC and CMB-iteration had similar trends, and the SHreference and SHrevised impacts

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had similar trends; however impacts for certain sources and seasons for all four methods were

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similar.

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Atlanta, GA

Monthly-averaged CMB-iteration results were

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For Atlanta, GA, the same sources as studied by Balachandran et al. (2012)21 were

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chosen for analysis in CMB-iteration: gasoline and diesel impacts, dust, biomass burning, coal

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combustion, sulfate, nitrate, and SOC (Fig. 3). The profiles used in the 2012 study originated

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from Marmur et al. (2007)26. For gasoline vehicle impacts, the winter-summer difference was

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largest for CMB-iteration, and SH impacts were the lowest. Wintertime gasoline impacts were

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higher than summer impacts for all methods. For diesel vehicle impacts, the SH methods

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apportioned more mass, and the summer impacts were higher than winter impacts for all

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methods except CMB-GC. Overall, diesel vehicle impacts were higher than gasoline vehicle

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impacts for all methods and seasons, with the exception of the wintertime impacts from CMB-

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For Atlanta dust impacts, CMB-iteration had the highest impacts followed by CMB-GC,

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and the impacts from the SH applications were significantly lower than the impacts from the

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CMB applications. For all methods, dust impacts were higher during the summer season than

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winter. The CMB methods apportioned larger dust impacts during summer, and SH methods

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apportioned larger impacts during winter. For biomass burning impacts, the CMB impacts were

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again higher than SH impacts, and summertime burning impacts from SH applications were

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especially low. The discrepancy in dust and burn impacts between CMB and SH applications

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could be attributed to the higher number of sources analyzed in the SH applications, leading to

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more primary mass being apportioned to the “others” category (Fig. 3). Also, the application of

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the SH methods (see previous publications) tended to reduce the impacts from biomass burning

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and dust during SH optimization due to the high positive bias in tracer species concentrations for

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the sources (e.g., K for biomass burning and Si for dust)19,20,24.

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For coal combustion, impacts from SH methods were much higher than impacts from

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CMB methods, and SH impacts in summer were higher than winter impacts. The source-oriented

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approaches capture both primary and secondary impacts from coal combustion while the receptor

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models do not specifically identify the secondary impacts. For the secondary sources, CMB

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methods apportioned higher impacts compared with impacts from SH methods. For all methods,

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sulfate impacts are higher than nitrate impacts. As a seasonal comparison, sulfate impacts were

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higher in summer, and nitrate impacts were higher in winter. For Atlanta SOC, results were

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similar for all methods with the exception of wintertime SOC for SH methods. Summertime

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SOC was highest for the CMB-iteration method. The winter SOC impacts for SH methods were

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negative due to low bias in CMAQ-modeled SOC in winter for this study, which was not seen in

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the receptor-oriented methods.

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summer, which may be attributed to the low bias in dust and biomass burning impacts. Note that

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standard deviations for SOC were unavailable for this version of CMB-iteration.

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St. Louis, MO

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For St. Louis, MO, the same sources as studied by Maier et al. (2013)22 were chosen for

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analysis in CMB-iteration: mobile (sum of gasoline and diesel impacts), dust, biomass burning,

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metals, sulfate, nitrate, and SOC (Fig. 3, Tables S24 and S25). The Maier et al. (2013) study

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included metals processing as a source for St. Louis due to the large presence of metal-working

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industries in the area, while the other profiles originated from the Marmur et al. (2007) study26.

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In the present analysis, impacts from the two CMB methods had similar trends, and impacts from

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the two SH methods had similar trends. Overall, the SH impacts were lower than the CMB

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impacts because the CSN site used in the SH application is located farther from the city center

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than is the Blair Street monitor used in the comparison study. The Blair Street monitor is

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strongly influenced by pollutant sources near the city center.

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The seasonality of the mobile source impacts was opposite for CMB and SH methods, in

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that CMB impacts are higher in winter and SH impacts are higher in summer. For dust, impacts

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are highest for CMB-iteration and are higher in the summer for all four methods. For biomass

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burning, CMB impacts are significantly higher than SH impacts, and CMB-iteration impacts are

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highest. As a seasonal comparison, summertime burning impacts are higher for CMB methods

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than winter impacts, and wintertime burning impacts are higher for SH methods than summer

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impacts. Similar to Atlanta, SH dust and biomass burning impacts are lower due to a high bias in

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modeled tracer species concentrations. Also, primary mass could be apportioned to the “others”

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category for the SH methods instead of dust and biomass burning. Metals impacts were similar

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for all methods but slightly higher for CMB-iteration. For secondary sources (sulfate and nitrate),


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CMB impacts were higher than SH impacts. Seasonality was similar for all methods for sulfate

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and nitrate, where summertime sulfate and wintertime nitrate impacts were higher than those in

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winter and summer, respectively. For SOC, impacts were similar for all methods and higher in

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the summer. SOC impacts were negative in winter for SH methods due to low bias in CMAQ-

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modeled SOC in winter in this study.

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Implications

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This analysis demonstrated that CTM-RM-derived source profiles can be used in

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traditional receptor modeling studies. However, the traditional methods were unable to make use

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of all of the source categories at once due to source profile similarities, which led to negative

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source contributions, due in part to over-fitting by the CMB-iteration model. It is suggested that

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the most appropriate source categories be chosen when performing traditional receptor modeling

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with revised source profiles. Additionally, as source profiles greatly affect source-oriented model

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results such as CMAQ-DDM, revised source profiles can be utilized to re-speciate emissions and

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can provide transport-based information into the calculation of primary trace species

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concentrations. By optimizing source profiles over several monitors, the understanding of the

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uncertainty in each profile increases. This study produced fairly consistent profiles over the

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entire U.S., where concentrations and source impacts have significant spatial and temporal

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variability. Results also imply that spatial variability in source profiles is an important factor to

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consider when choosing profiles for a source apportionment study. Profiles with high spatial

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variability should be carefully considered for source apportionment studies, as location-specific

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source characteristics may not be represented in the traditional static profiles. Additional work

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to be done includes modifying the optimization configuration to further improve modeled


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estimates of trace metal concentrations and incorporating the receptor-based secondary fraction

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into the revised profile.

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The CMB-iteration and source profile optimization methods have been formatted for

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wide-scale use in the form of user-friendly graphic interfaces (Figs. S23 and S24). The programs

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(CMB-iteration 3.0 and SSAPO (Simultaneous Source Apportionment with Profile

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Optimization)) can be used to apply the methods for one location and one time. Both programs

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are

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(http://russellgroup.ce.gatech.edu/node/16). The source profile optimization method is applicable

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for any location where initial source impact estimates, speciated observations, and reference

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profiles are available. The hybrid adjustment factor, Rj, can be omitted for profile optimization

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applications that are initialized with receptor model source impacts (78495: 1, ), or when CTM

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resources are unavailable. The reference profile serves as an initial guess for the calculation of a

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locally-based source profile.

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especially for developing regions such as China and India, observed and modeled data are

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relatively easier to obtain. New revised source profiles may better reflect local emissions

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sources and pollutant characteristics.

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Supporting Information

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Tables: number of CSN monitors per region; tables containing source profiles for each region

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and season; cosine similarities; coefficients of variance; mean observed and modeled

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concentrations; correlations and normalized mean biases. Figures: distributions of source profile

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ratios; normalized bias vs. observations; box plots of normalized bias; screenshots of CMB-

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iteration and SSAPO.

available

for

download

from

Georgia

Tech’s

Russell

group

website

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Author Contributions

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The manuscript was written through contributions of all authors. All authors have given approval

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to the final version of the manuscript.

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Acknowledgment

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This publication was made possible in part by USEPA STAR grants R833626, R833866,

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R834799 and RD83479901, STAR Fellowship FP-91761401-0, and by NASA under grant

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NNX11AI55G. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the grantee and do not necessarily

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represent the official views of the US government. Further, US government does not endorse the

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purchase of any commercial products or services mentioned in the publication.

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acknowledge the Southern Company and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their support.

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Figure 1. U.S. EPA administrative regions and CSN monitors used for model development and

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Figure 2. Seasonal revised source profiles averaged over all available monitors in the U.S.

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Profiles are presented for (top to bottom) coal combustion, dust, fires, metals processing, and

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Figure 3. Averaged results from CMB-GC, CMB-iteration, original spatial hybrid (SH), and

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spatial hybrid with revised profiles (new SP) for a winter and summer month for Atlanta, GA

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and St. Louis, MO. CMB-GC results are obtained from an application of methods from

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Balachandran et al. (2012) and Maier et al. (2013)21,22. PM2.5 mass concentration data is obtained

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Table 1. Source categories and abbreviations used in the source profile study. Note that note that

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the abbreviations are used in the tables found in the Supplementary Information.

source

abbrev.

source

abbrev.

agricultural activities and livestock ag operations

non-road diesel

nrd

aircraft

air

non-road gasoline

nrg

biogenics

biog

non-road others

nro

coal combustion

coal

on-road diesel

ord

dust

dust

on-road gasoline

org

fires (wildfires, prescribed burns)

fire

others

ot

fuel oil combustion

foil

other combustion

otc

meat cooking

meat

solvents

slv

metals processing

metal

sea salt

ss

natural gas combustion

ng

wood burning

wood

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