Inter-annual variability of wintertime PM2.5 chemical composition in Xi'an, China: Evidences of changing source emissions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 545-546, Issue , 2016, Pages 546-555

  Xu, Hongmei ^a,b   Cao, Junji ^a,b   Chow, Judith C ^b,c   Huang, R J ^d   Shen, Zhenxing ^a   Chen, L W Antony ^c   Ho, Kin Fai ^e   Watson, John G ^b,c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China aerosols; Emission changes; Fugitive dust; PM2.5; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COAL; COAL DUST; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DUST; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FACTORIZATION;

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; EMISSION CHANGE; ENERGY STRUCTURE ADJUSTMENTS; FUGITIVE DUST; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION MODELS; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

COAL COMBUSTION;

ARSENIC; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CARBON; CHROMIUM; COAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITRATE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TITANIUM; ZINC;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DUST; EMISSION INVENTORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WINTER;

AEROSOL; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POSITIVE MATRIX FACTORIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBANIZATION; WINTER;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

EID: 84952673766     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.12.070     Document Type: Article

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