Spatial variations of the aerosols in river-dust episodes in central Taiwan

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1022-1030

  Kuo, Chung Yih ^a   Lin, Chao Yuan ^b   Huang, Long Ming ^b   Wang, Shizoom ^b   Shieh, Ping Fei ^c   Lin, Yan Ruei ^a   Wang, Jing Ya ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Environmental Protection Administration Taiwan   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coarse aerosols (PM10 2.5); Fine aerosols (PM2.5); Metals; River dust episode

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DATA; CHOSHUI RIVER; COARSE AEROSOLS; CRUSTAL ELEMENTS; FINE AEROSOLS; FINE AEROSOLS (PM2.5); QUALITY MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; MOLYBDENUM; TANTALUM;

RIVERS;

CADMIUM; IRON; MOLYBDENUM;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER; TAIWAN;

DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TAIWAN; WEATHER; WIND;

TAIWAN;

TACHIA;

EID: 77952891368     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.107     Document Type: Article

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