Source seasonality of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in a subtropical city, Guangzhou, South China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 355, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 145-155

  Li, J ^a,e   Zhang, G ^a,b   Li, X D ^c   Qi, S H ^d   Liu, G Q ^a   Peng, X Z ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Concentrations; Meteorological effect; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); Source seasonality

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; COMBUSTION; EVAPORATION;

CONCENTRATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL; SOURCE SEASONABILITY;

AIR POLLUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; COAL GASIFICATION; COMBUSTION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EXHAUST GAS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LOW TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SUMMER; TROPICS; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LINEAR MODELS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; POWER PLANTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU;

EID: 31344462676     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.02.042     Document Type: Article

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