Principal Component Loadings for Identified PM2.5 Sources

Principal components loadings for identified PM2.5 sources are provided in a 5.5 KB XLS file. The dataset was authored by Mauricio A. Correa-Ochoa and last updated on 2026-05-27. It is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license on the figshare platform.

Use Cases

• Identify major contributing sources to PM2.5 pollution based on principal component loadings.
• Validate or compare source apportionment models using the provided factor loadings.
• Analyze the relative contribution of different source categories to ambient PM2.5 concentrations.

Strengths

• Dataset is small (5.5 KB), ensuring quick download and easy handling.
• Data is shared under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and column definitions are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 17:42:06; freshness should be verified.