Apportionment of the sources of high fine particulate matter concentration events in a developing aerotropolis in Taoyuan, Taiwan

To investigate the characteristics and contributions of the sources of fine particulate matter with a size of up to 2.5 μm (PM2.5) during the period when pollution events could easily occur in Taoyuan aerotropolis, Taiwan, this study conducted sampling at three-day intervals from September 2014 to J...

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Published in:Environmental pollution (1987) 2016-07, Vol.214, p.273-281
Main Authors: Chuang, Ming-Tung, Chen, Yu-Chieh, Lee, Chung-Te, Cheng, Chung-Hao, Tsai, Yu-Jen, Chang, Shih-Yu, Su, Zhen-Sen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aerosols - analysis
Air Pollutants - analysis
Chemical composition
Coal
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Incineration
Mass fraction
Metals
Nitrates - analysis
Particulate Matter - analysis
PM2.5
Positive matrix factorization
Source apportionment
Taiwan
Vehicle Emissions - analysis
Weather
Wind
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Summary:To investigate the characteristics and contributions of the sources of fine particulate matter with a size of up to 2.5 μm (PM2.5) during the period when pollution events could easily occur in Taoyuan aerotropolis, Taiwan, this study conducted sampling at three-day intervals from September 2014 to January 2015. Based on the mass concentration of PM2.5, the sampling days were classified into high PM2.5 concentration event days (PM2.5>35 μg m−3) and non-event days (PM2.5
ISSN:0269-7491
1873-6424
DOI:10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.045