Chemical mass balance source apportionment of ambient total suspended particulate matters near Jhuoshuei River in Central Taiwan

Environmental Forensics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-222

  Lin, Chi Wen ^a   Chen, Yie Ruey ^b   Yen, Chia Hsien ^a   Kao, Tsang Chih ^c  

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

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemical mass balance (CMB); Source contribution; Total suspended particulate (TSP) matter; Windblown soil; Winter monsoon

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956816376     PISSN: 15275922     EISSN: 15275930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15275920903526429     Document Type: Article

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