Atmospheric pollutants in Chiang Mai (Thailand) over a five-year period (2005-2009), their possible sources and relation to air mass movement

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-98

  Chantara, Somporn ^a   Sillapapiromsuk, Sopittaporn ^a   Wiriya, Wan ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Air mass movement; Air pollution; Ion composition; Pollution sources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; AIR FLOW; AIR MASS; AIR MASS MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; BIOMASS-BURNING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CONTINENTAL AREA; DRY SEASONS; FUEL COMBUSTION; HIGH LOADINGS; ION COMPOSITION; ION SPECIES; MONITORING AND ANALYSIS; POLLUTION SOURCES; PRINCIPLE COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SINGLE PARTICLE; THAILAND;

AIR POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FUELS; IONS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; TRAJECTORIES;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AMMONIA; POTASSIUM ION; SULFATE;

AIR MASS; AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORRELATION; IONIC COMPOSITION; MASS MOVEMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SUBURBAN AREA; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; THAILAND;

CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; THAILAND;

EID: 84863732583     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.044     Document Type: Article

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