Comparison of transport pathways and potential sources of PM10 in two cities around a large Chinese lake using the modified trajectory analysis

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 122, Issue , 2013, Pages 284-297

  Kong, Xiangzhen ^a   He, Wei ^a   Qin, Ning ^a   He, Qishuang ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Ouyang, Huiling ^a   Wang, Qingmei ^a   Xu, Fuliu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Backward trajectory; Mahalanobis metrics; Potential source contribution function (PSCF); Residence time weighted concentrations (RTWC); Self organizing maps (SOM); Two stage clustering

Indexed keywords

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; MAHALANOBIS; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; TWO-STAGE CLUSTERING;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; LAKES; RIVER POLLUTION; TRAJECTORIES;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; TRAJECTORY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ANHUI; CHAOHU; CHAOHU LAKE; CHINA; HEFEI; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84871771938     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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