Transboundary movement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Kuroshio Sphere of the western Pacific Ocean

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 470-479

  Huang, Hu Ching ^a   Lee, Chon Lin ^a   Lai, Chin Hsing ^b   Fang, Meng Der ^c   Lai, I Chien ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FOOYIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back trajectories; Kuroshio; PAHs; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

BACK TRAJECTORIES; COASTAL SITES; DIAGNOSTIC RATIOS; INCINERATOR EMISSIONS; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; KENTING; KUROSHIO; LOCAL SOURCE; NATURAL SOILS; PAHS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS(PAHS); SAMPLING SITE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; STUDY AREAS; TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS; URBAN SITE; WESTERN PACIFIC;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; COKE OVENS; OCEAN CURRENTS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

SPHERES;

1 METHYLFUORENE; 1 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 2 METHYLANTHRACENE; 2 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 3 METHYLPHENANTHRENE; 3,6 DIMETHYLPHENANTHRENE; 4,5 METHYLENEPHENANTHRENE; 4,6 DIMETHYLDIBENZOTHIOPHENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]FLUORINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[B]FLUORINE; BENZO[E]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; DICHLOROMETHANE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 C,D]PYRENE; PERYLENE; PETROLEUM ETHER; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; TRIPHENYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR SAMPLING; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PAH; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NATURAL SOIL; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

KAOHSIUNG; KUROSHIO CURRENT; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN;

EID: 84859638326     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.02.066     Document Type: Article

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