The Long-Term Monitoring of Atmospheric Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxin Dibenzofurans at a Background Station in Taiwan during Biomass Burning Seasons in El Niño and La Niña Events
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Information on the Sampling Site and Instrumentation
2.2. Analysis of Chemical Compounds
2.3. Source Apportionment
3. Results
3.1. The Measurement of WSIs during El Niño and La Niña
3.2. The Evaluation of Atmospheric PCDD/F Concentration in the Past Sixteen Years
3.3. Variation in Atmospheric PCDD/Fs Congener from 2007 to 2023
3.4. The Source Attribute Profile and Contribution of Atmospheric PCDD/Fs
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Pan, S.Y.; Hsu, Y.-S.; Hsu, Y.C.; Ngo, T.H.; Chou, C.C.-K.; Lin, N.-H.; Chi, K.H. The Long-Term Monitoring of Atmospheric Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxin Dibenzofurans at a Background Station in Taiwan during Biomass Burning Seasons in El Niño and La Niña Events. Atmosphere 2024, 15, 1002. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15081002
Pan SY, Hsu Y-S, Hsu YC, Ngo TH, Chou CC-K, Lin N-H, Chi KH. The Long-Term Monitoring of Atmospheric Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxin Dibenzofurans at a Background Station in Taiwan during Biomass Burning Seasons in El Niño and La Niña Events. Atmosphere. 2024; 15(8):1002. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15081002
Chicago/Turabian StylePan, Shih Yu, Yen-Shun Hsu, Yuan Cheng Hsu, Tuan Hung Ngo, Charles C.-K. Chou, Neng-Huei Lin, and Kai Hsien Chi. 2024. "The Long-Term Monitoring of Atmospheric Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxin Dibenzofurans at a Background Station in Taiwan during Biomass Burning Seasons in El Niño and La Niña Events" Atmosphere 15, no. 8: 1002. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15081002