Source impacts by volatile organic compounds in an industrial city of southern Taiwan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 398, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 154-163

  Liu, Pao Wen Grace ^a   Yao, Yung Chen ^b   Tsai, Jiun Horng ^b   Hsu, Yi Chyun ^c   Chang, Li Peng ^b   Chang, Ken Hui ^d  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KUN SHAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air age assessment; BTEX; Principal component factor analysis

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; MASS TRANSFER; PARAFFINS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR AGE ASSESSMENT; DATA VARIANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT FACTOR ANALYSIS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; ISOPENTANE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BTEX; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MASS TRANSPORT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN AREA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MOTOR VEHICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SUMMER; TAIWAN; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; TAIWAN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 43849089124     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.053     Document Type: Article

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