Short-term variations in ambient particulates and their sources in Taichung, Taiwan

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-399

  Fang, Guor Cheng ^a   Wu, Yuh Shen ^a   Huang, Winn Jung ^a   Lu, Hsin Chung ^a   Fu, Peter Pi Cheng ^b   Chen, Yuh Shuen ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diurnal variation; Fine and coarse particulates; PCA; Short term variation; TSP

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMBUSTION; DUST; FUELS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOILS;

CHEMICAL SPECIES; SEA SALT SPRAY; SHORT-TERM DIURNAL VARIATION; SOIL DUST RE-SUSPENSION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AMMONIA; CALCIUM ION; CHLORINE; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; NICKEL; NITRITE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION; SULFATE; ZINC;

AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIURNAL VARIATION; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMBUSTION; METAL INDUSTRY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC; UNIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAICHUNG; TAIWAN;

ILEX COOKII;

EID: 2442538322     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2004.005115     Document Type: Article

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