title: Monitoring of airborne particulate matter at mountainous urban sites.
abstract: Concentrations of various size fractions (TSP, PM10, PM2.5, and PM1.0) of particulate matter (PM) were measured at two mountainous sites, Buk Han (BH) and Gwan AK (GA), along with one ground reference site at Gwang Jin (GJ), located in Seoul, South Korea for the 4 years from 2010 to 2013. The daily average concentrations of TSP, PM10, PM2.5, and PM1.0 at BH were 47.9 ± 32.5, 37.0 ± 24.6, 20.6 ± 12.9, and 15.3 ± 9.53 μg m(-3), respectively. These values were slightly larger than those measured at GA while much lower than those measured at the reference site (GJ). Seasonal variations in PM concentrations were consistent across all locations with a relative increase in concentrations observed in spring and winter. Correlation analysis showed clear differences in PM concentrations between the mountainous sites and the reference site. Analysis of these PM concentrations indicated that the distribution of PM in the mountainous locations was affected by a number of manmade sources from nearby locations, including both traffic and industrial emissions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul, 04763, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul, 04763, South Korea. kkim61@hanyang.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Ki-Hyun
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hanyang University, 222, Wangsimni-Ro, Seoul, 04763, South Korea.
authors.forename: Tanushree
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental and Industrial Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, 04763, South Korea.
authors.forename: Wha Me
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, 02447, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Ki
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Seoul Metropolitan Government Institute of Public Health and Environment, Seoul, 13818, South Korea.
authors.forename: Kweon
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Environment Division, National Physical Laboratory, Middlesex, Teddington, TW11 0LW, UK.
authors.forename: Richard J C
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D000531:Altitude; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D052638:Particulate Matter / Q000032:analysis*; D012621:Seasons; D066106:Seoul; D014507:Urbanization
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants; D052638:Particulate Matter
keywords: Buk Han mountain; Gwan Ak mountain; PM10; PM2.5; TSP