Along with windblown dust, large quantities of pollutants are annually brought out of the continental by the westerlies in winter and spring; thereafter they are partly subjected to transport by northeastern monsoon w...Along with windblown dust, large quantities of pollutants are annually brought out of the continental by the westerlies in winter and spring; thereafter they are partly subjected to transport by northeastern monsoon winds to Taiwan. Both PM10 and PM2.5 aerosols collected from northern Taiwan from February 2002 to March 2003 were determined for three heavy metals, namely Pb, Cd and Zn, to characterize the heavy metal compositions between long-range transported and local aerosols and to evaluate their contributions of long-range transport during the northeastern monsoon season. Low Cd/Pb (0.017) and Zn/Pb (1.82) ratios were measured in aerosols during the Asian dust period, in which the sources of ambient aerosols are dominated by long-range transport. By contrast, high Cd/Pb(0.030) and Zn/Pb (3.44) ratios were measured during the summer monsoon season, in which local pollutant emissions dominate the sources of heavy metals. Such characteristic Cd/Pb and Zn/Pb ratios appear to be successfully applied to identify the pollutants originated from the long-range transport or local emissions.展开更多
文摘Along with windblown dust, large quantities of pollutants are annually brought out of the continental by the westerlies in winter and spring; thereafter they are partly subjected to transport by northeastern monsoon winds to Taiwan. Both PM10 and PM2.5 aerosols collected from northern Taiwan from February 2002 to March 2003 were determined for three heavy metals, namely Pb, Cd and Zn, to characterize the heavy metal compositions between long-range transported and local aerosols and to evaluate their contributions of long-range transport during the northeastern monsoon season. Low Cd/Pb (0.017) and Zn/Pb (1.82) ratios were measured in aerosols during the Asian dust period, in which the sources of ambient aerosols are dominated by long-range transport. By contrast, high Cd/Pb(0.030) and Zn/Pb (3.44) ratios were measured during the summer monsoon season, in which local pollutant emissions dominate the sources of heavy metals. Such characteristic Cd/Pb and Zn/Pb ratios appear to be successfully applied to identify the pollutants originated from the long-range transport or local emissions.
