Spatial distribution and sources identification of elements in PM2.5 among the coastal city group in the Western Taiwan Strait region, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 77-85

  Xu, Lingling ^a,b   Yu, Yanke ^a,b   Yu, Jianshuan ^c   Chen, Jinsheng ^a   Niu, Zhenchuan ^a   Yin, Liqian ^a   Zhang, Fuwang ^a,b   Liao, Xu ^a   Chen, Yanting ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Environmental Monitoring Center of Xiamen   (China)

Author keywords

Elements; PM2.5; Sources; Spatial distribution; Western Taiwan Strait region

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; COASTAL CITIES; CORRELATION MATRIX; CRUSTAL SOURCES; DUST PARTICLE; ENRICHMENT FACTORS; MASS CONCENTRATION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTHERN CHINA; PARTICLE MATTER; PYRO-METALLURGICAL PROCESS; SAMPLING PERIOD; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STUDY AREAS; TAIWAN STRAITS; TRAFFIC EMISSIONS; TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COAL COMBUSTION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; LEAD; MANGANESE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BROMINE; CALCIUM; CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM; COAL; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SILICON; SULFUR; TITANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC; COPPER; SELENIUM;

CHEMICAL ELEMENT; COASTAL ZONE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; AIR QUALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; DUST; ENRICHMENT; MATRIX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL PLAIN; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENRICHMENT FACTOR ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); METALLURGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND; BACKWARD TRAJECTORIES ANALYSIS; COASTAL WATERS; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICS;

CHINA; TAIWAN STRAIT;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION DENSITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84869884163     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.045     Document Type: Article

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