Spatial and seasonal variability of water-soluble ions in PM 2.5 aerosols in 14 major cities in China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2012, Pages 182-192

  Cheng, Miao Ching ^a   You, Chen Feng ^a   Cao, Junji ^b   Jin, Zhangdong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Acid precipitation; Anthropogenic sources; Industrial zones; PM 2.5; Water soluble ions

Indexed keywords

ACID PRECIPITATION; ACIDIC DEPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCES; DUST PARTICLE; FINE PARTICLES; GENERAL SOURCE; INDUSTRIAL CITY; INDUSTRIAL ZONES; MAJOR AND TRACE ELEMENTS; MAJOR CITIES; NORTHERN CHINA; PH VALUE; PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL PATTERNS; WATER-SOLUBLE IONS; WEATHER PATTERNS; WINTER SEASONS;

AIR POLLUTION; COAL COMBUSTION; HYDROGEN; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRY; IONS; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETRY; ZINC;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ACID; CALCIUM ION; CHLORIDE ION; COAL; ELEMENT; FERROUS ION; HEAVY METAL; ION; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM ION; PROTON; RUBIDIUM ION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM ION; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; WATER SOLUBLE ION; ZINC ION;

ACID DEPOSITION; AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; ION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEA SALT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLUBILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

ACID PRECIPITATION; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHINA; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY DEPOSITION; DUST; INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; TOPOGRAPHY; WEATHER; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84863857092     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.06.037     Document Type: Article

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