Measurement of ambient air arsenic (As) pollutant concentration and dry deposition fluxes in central Taiwan

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 218-229

  Fang, Guor Cheng ^a   Lin, Chia Ching ^a   Huang, Jun Han ^a   Huang, Yi Liang ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Best fit overall dry deposition velocity model; Dry deposition; ICP MS; TSP

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; BEST-FIT MODELS; DATA VALUES; DRY DEPOSITION; DRY DEPOSITION FLUXES; DRY DEPOSITION VELOCITIES; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; ICP-MS; PERKIN ELMER; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SAMPLING SITE; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; TSP; WETLAND AREA;

ARSENIC; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; HEATING; MASS SPECTROMETERS; POLLUTION; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; WETLANDS;

DEPOSITION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMBIENT AIR; ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITION VELOCITY; DRY DEPOSITION; FOSSIL FUEL; HEATING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POWER PLANT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; SUTURE ZONE; THERMAL POWER;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79957471197     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.09.0075     Document Type: Article

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