Spatial and seasonal variations of PM2.5 mass and species during 2010 in Xi'an, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 508, Issue , 2015, Pages 477-487

  Wang, Ping ^a   Cao, Jun ji ^a,b   Shen, Zhen xing ^b   Han, Yong ming ^a   Lee, Shun cheng ^c   Huang, Yu ^c   Zhu, Chong shu ^a   Wang, Qi yuan ^a   Xu, Hong mei ^b   Huang, Ru jin ^d,e  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air pollution; PM2.5; PMF; Xi'an

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON; COAL COMBUSTION; FUELS; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ORGANIC CARBON; TITANIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; URBAN GROWTH;

FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; PMF; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; XI'AN;

AIR QUALITY STANDARDS;

AMMONIA; ARSENIC; CALCIUM ION; FOSSIL FUEL; INORGANIC COMPOUND; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM ION; MANGANESE; NITRATE; ORGANIC CARBON; POTASSIUM ION; SULFATE; TITANIUM; ZINC; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; IONIC COMPOSITION; ORGANIC CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TRACE ELEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; RURAL AREA; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84916877707     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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