Variations of Cd/Pb and Zn/Pb ratios in Taipei aerosols reflecting long-range transport or local pollution emissions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 347, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 111-121

  Hsu, Shih Chieh ^a   Shaw, Chen Liu ^a   Jeng, Woei Lih ^b   Lin, Fei Jan ^b   Huang, Yi Tang ^a   Lung, Shih Chun Candice ^a   Liu, Tsun Hsien ^a,c   Tu, Jien Yi ^a  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Local pollution; Long range transport; Taipei

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CADMIUM; COMPOSITION; DUST; GAS EMISSIONS; LEAD; ZINC;

ANTHROPOGENIC METALS; HEAVY METAL COMPOSITION; MONSOON; POLLUTANT EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

AEROSOL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TAIWAN;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEAD; SEASONS; TAIWAN; WIND; ZINC;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIPEI; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 21644461206     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.12.021     Document Type: Article

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