Impact of long-range transport of aerosols on the PM2.5 composition at a major metropolitan area in the northern Kyushu area of Japan

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 416-425

  Kaneyasu, Naoki ^a   Yamamoto, Shigekazu ^b   Sato, Kei ^c   Takami, Akinori ^c   Hayashi, Masahiko ^d   Hara, Keiichiro ^d   Kawamoto, Kazuaki ^e   Okuda, Tomoaki ^f   Hatakeyama, Shiro ^g  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

East Asia; Long range transport; Metallic element; NAAQS; PM2.5; Sulfate

Indexed keywords

EAST ASIA; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METALLIC ELEMENTS; NAAQS; SULFATE;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CADMIUM; CARBON; LEAD; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; SULFATE; ZINC;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EMISSION INVENTORY; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METROPOLITAN AREA; SULFATE; URBAN POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; METEOROLOGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SPRING; SUMMER; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 84908346019     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.029     Document Type: Article

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