Characteristics of water-soluble inorganic ions in PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 in the coastal urban agglomeration along the Western Taiwan Strait Region, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5141-5156

  Yin, Liqian ^a   Niu, Zhenchuan ^a   Chen, Xiaoqiu ^b   Chen, Jinsheng ^a   Zhang, Fuwang ^b   Xu, Lingling ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Environmental Monitoring Center of Fujian   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal cities; Fine particulate; PCA; Spatiotemporal distribution; Sulfate nitrate ammonium (SNA); Water soluble inorganic ions (WSIIs)

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HUMAN ACTIVITY; ION; MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION;

CHINA; TAIWAN STRAIT;

ION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; TAIWAN;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IONS; SEASONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84897061685     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2134-7     Document Type: Article

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