2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.11.090
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Source apportionment of fine particles in Kuwait City

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“…However, the shorter cluster NW S could carry the anthropogenic emissions to aggravate the air pollution in Beijing when the air-flow fell in the south Hebei province (750 hPa) after blocking by high mountains (the Yinshan Mountain and Da Hinggan Mountains) and created an arc movement back to Beijing (1000 hPa) at last. Besides, the cluster W originated from the near surface layer on the Badain Jaran Desert (950 hPa), and then crossed the arid and semi-arid grasslands in Inner Mongolia, so it could carry natural soil dust from the desert to Beijing since the soil dust were one of the main sources of PM 2.5 in several regions (Hwang and Hopke, 2007;Alolayan et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2013). Two clusters were grouped in the layer of 1500 m (Fig.…”
Section: Potential Sourcesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the shorter cluster NW S could carry the anthropogenic emissions to aggravate the air pollution in Beijing when the air-flow fell in the south Hebei province (750 hPa) after blocking by high mountains (the Yinshan Mountain and Da Hinggan Mountains) and created an arc movement back to Beijing (1000 hPa) at last. Besides, the cluster W originated from the near surface layer on the Badain Jaran Desert (950 hPa), and then crossed the arid and semi-arid grasslands in Inner Mongolia, so it could carry natural soil dust from the desert to Beijing since the soil dust were one of the main sources of PM 2.5 in several regions (Hwang and Hopke, 2007;Alolayan et al, 2013;Zhang et al, 2013). Two clusters were grouped in the layer of 1500 m (Fig.…”
Section: Potential Sourcesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The long range transport of particulate matter (PM) which could add to local emissions and the contribution of pollutants particles, especially associations between fine airborne PM exposure and adverse human health (Alolayan et al, 2015;Hellack et al, 2015). It is therefore important to determine long range transportation of particulate matter and potential sources.…”
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“…Sand dust and oil combustion power plants were the first 2 major sources contributing to fine particles PM 2.5 in Kuwait accounting for almost 54% and 18% of the total atmospheric PM 2.5 , respectively. Meanwhile, the petrochemical industry, traffic and transported emissions from the outside of this country contributed to the remaining 28% of the total PM 2.5 [75]. to 31 μg/m 3 in 2009 [94].…”
Section: Kuwaitmentioning
confidence: 99%