Source analysis of trace metal pollution received at harbor, airport and farmland locations in central Taiwan

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1774-1786

  Fang, Guor Cheng ^a   Kuo, Yu Chen ^a   Zhuang, Yuan Jie ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Backward trajectory analysis; Temporal and spatial variations; Total suspended particulates; Two way ANOVA

Indexed keywords

POLLUTION; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS);

BACKWARD TRAJECTORY ANALYSIS; METALLIC ELEMENTS; POLLUTION LEVEL; POLLUTION SOURCES; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICULATES; TRACE METAL POLLUTION; TWO-WAY ANOVA;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AIR MASS; AIRPORT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HARBOR; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRACE METAL; TRAJECTORY; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HAINAN; JAPAN; KOREA; PHILIPPINES; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TAIWAN;

EID: 84942279199     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2014.12.0314     Document Type: Article

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