The use of simultaneous IBA techniques to fingerprint fine particle emissions during the Australian bushfire 2019-20 black summer event.

Abstract

The outputs of the multi-elemental IBA techniques of PIXE, PIGE, RBS and PESA have been used as inputs to positive matrix factorisation source apportionment methods to quantify and fingerprint bushfire smoke during the catastrophic black summer bushfires of 2019-20 season in NSW, Australia.