Size distribution and water soluble ions of ambient particulate matter on episode and non-episode days in southern Taiwan

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-274

  Tsai, Jiun Horng ^a   Lin, Jian Hung ^a   Yao, Yung Chen ^b   Chiang, Hung Lung ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gas precursors; Inorganic ions; Particulate matter; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT PARTICULATE MATTER; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; DIFFERENT SIZES; GAS PRECURSORS; INORGANIC IONS; IONIC SPECIES; MASS CONCENTRATION; MICRO-ORIFICE UNIFORM DEPOSIT IMPACTOR; MOLAR EQUIVALENT; NITRATE CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE RANGES; SOUTHERN TAIWAN; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

IONS;

AMMONIUM; AMMONIUM NITRATE; AMMONIUM SULFATE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ION; NITRATE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84863281016     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.10.0167     Document Type: Article

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