Measurements and PCA/APCS analyses of volatile organic compounds in kaohsiung municipal sewer systems, Southern Taiwan

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1315-1326

  Huang, Chin Hung ^a   Chen, Kang Shin ^a   Wang, Hsin Kai ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

APCS; PCA; Stainless canister; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

APCS; CHLORINATED ORGANICS; MINOR COMPONENTS; MONITORING SITES; PCA; SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS; STAINLESS CANISTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOCS);

ASPHALT PLANTS; DRY CLEANING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KETONES; PARAFFINS; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SEWERS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOLVENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 84874968712     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.02.0035     Document Type: Article

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