Source apportionment of PM2.5 particle composition and submicrometer size distribution during an Asian dust storm and non-dust storm in Taipei

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 545-554

  Liang, Chi Sung ^a   Yu, Tai Yi ^b   Chang, Yuan Yi ^a   Syu, Jin Yuan ^a   Lin, Wen Yinn ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aerosol size distribution; Dust storm; Particle composition; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

DUST; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS; STORMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WIND;

AEROSOL SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ASIAN DUST STORM; DUST STORM; PARTICLE COMPOSITION; PM 2.5; PRINCIPAL-COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROAD DUSTS; SIZE-DISTRIBUTION; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; VEHICULAR EMISSION;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; DUST STORM; NITRATE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFATE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84874368727     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.06.0161     Document Type: Article

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