Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Seoul, Korea

Atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rural and urban areas of northern China

“…A clear seasonal variation was observed in total (gas+particulate) PAHs, with elevated levels in the winter, followed by the autumn and lowest in the summer. This result was in agreement with other studies (Gigliotti et al, 2000;Park et al, 2002;Terzi and Samara, 2004;Vardar et al, 2008;Morville et al, 2011). The seasonal difference could be explained by the increased fossil fuel consumption in the cold season.…”

“…As illustrated in Table 2, the average total PAH concentration at NAEO was similar to the background site Mountain (MT). Waliguan (the Global Climate Observing System of the World Meteorological Organization in tropical zone) (Cheng, 2006) and rural site in Italy (Perrone et al, 2012), and also higher than the high mountain regions in Europe (Fernandez et al, 2002), MT Taishan (Li et al, 2010), while lower than those found in other urban or suburban sites such as Guangzhou (Li et al, 2006), Shanghai (Chen et al, 2011), Beijing (Zhou et al, 2005), Hong Kong , Seoul in Korea (Park et al, 2002). Eastern China is a significant source of atmospheric PAHs (Zhang et al, 2011).…”

Analysis of PAHs Associated with Particulate Matter PM2.5 in Two Places at the City of Cuernavaca, Morelos, México

“…The average total concentration in Cuernavaca (24.0 ng·m −3 , Σ15 PAHs) was similar to that reported in Taichung, China (22.29 ng·m −3 , Σ15 PAHs) [13] and in Seoul, Korea (26.14 ng·m −3 , Σ14 PAHs) [14]. It was lower than that reported for Nanjing (62.58 ng·m −3 , Σ15 PAHs) [6] and Jinzhou, China (190.86 ng·m −3 , Σ13 PAHs) [15].…”

A wintertime study of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM2.5 and PM2.5–10 in Beijing: Assessment of energy structure conversion

“…Besides, they think Chr, BaP, Flu and Pyr could be related with wood and natural gas combustion. Park et al [18] associated Flu, Pyr, An and Phe with industrial combustion of oil, incineration and biomass burning. According to these studies, natural gas burning, vehicular emissions and industrial combustion of oil would be the reasons for One of the main focuses of this study is to check the current status of PAHs pollution in different city function zones of Beijing.…”

“…According to previous studies [16][17][18], there are multiple sources that produce Flu, natural gas, biomass and coal combustion, vehicles, etc. In recent years, the fact that usage of coal decreased while natural gas was increasingly used as a clean energy in heating, cooking, vehicles, etc., can explain why the percentage of Flu is so high.…”