Physicochemical properties of PM 2.5 and PM 2.5-10 at inland and offshore sites over Southeastern coastal region of Taiwan strait

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 664-678

  Tsai, Hsieh Hung ^a   Yuan, Chung Shin ^a   Hung, Chung Hsuang ^b   Lin, Chitsan ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backward trajectory; Coastal region; Particulate matter; Physicochemical properties; Sampling and analysis

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CARBON CONTENT; COASTAL REGIONS; IONIC SPECIES; LAND BREEZES; MASS RATIO; METALLIC ELEMENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PM SAMPLING; POLLUTION INDEX; SAMPLING PERIOD; SEA-LAND BREEZE; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; TAIWAN STRAITS;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CALCIUM; LEAD; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; ZINC;

COASTAL ZONES;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON; COASTAL ZONE; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONALITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80053303426     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2010.12.0113     Document Type: Article

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