Spatiotemporal variability of submicrometer particle number size distributions in an air quality management district

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 425, Issue , 2012, Pages 135-145

  Young, Li Hao ^a   Wang, Yi Ting ^a   Hsu, Hung Chieh ^a   Lin, Ching Hui ^a   Liou, Yi Jyun ^a   Lai, Ying Chung ^a   Lin, Yun Hua ^a   Chang, Wei Lun ^a   Chiang, Hung Lung ^a   Cheng, Man Ting ^b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Emission sources; Exposure assessment; Nanoparticles; Number size distribution; Spatial distribution; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS; CO-POLLUTANTS; COMBUSTION SOURCES; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIURNAL PATTERN; DIURNAL VARIABILITY; EMISSION SOURCES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FORMATION PROCESS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MODAL CHARACTERISTICS; NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; STUDY AREAS; STUDY SITES; SUBMICROMETER PARTICLE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME-RESOLVED; TRAFFIC SOURCES; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; URBAN SITE;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; METEOROLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRACTIONATION; HEALTH HAZARD; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84859970393     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.063     Document Type: Article

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