The Scientific World Journal

Research Article

Characterization of Odorous Compounds (VOC and Carbonyl Compounds) in the Ambient Air of Yeosu and Gwangyang, Large Industrial Areas of South Korea

Table 8

(a) Pearson correlation coefficients between different carbonyl compounds. (b) Pearson correlation coefficients between carbonyl compounds and other air quality parameters.

(a)


Sites	Compounds	FRML	ACTL	PPNL	MEK	BTL	iVAL

YI	ACTL	0.838*
	PPNL	0.356*	0.455*
	MEK	0.507*	0.320*	−0.151
	BTL	0.144	0.274*	0.164	−0.061
	iVAL	0.099	0.074	0.155	0.077	−0.053
	VAL	0.074	0.148	0.149	0.168	−0.063	−0.039

YR	ACTL	0.821*
	PPNL	0.638*	0.796*
	MEK	0.363*	0.209	0.061
	BTL	0.287*	0.205	0.096	−0.014
	iVAL	0.328*	0.287*	0.385*	0.385*	−0.069
	VAL	0.397*	0.301*	0.032	−0.009	0.340*	0.189

GI	ACTL	0.428*
	PPNL	0.266*	0.485*
	MEK	0.064	0.022	−0.063
	BTL	0.439*	0.293*	0.041	−0.081
	iVAL	0.011	0.050	0.001	0.356*	0.120
	VAL	0.271*	0.141	0.303*	0.389*	−0.102	0.245*

GR	ACTL	0.584*
	PPNL	0.452*	0.697*
	MEK	0.088	0.001	−0.057
	BTL	−0.028	0.004	−0.040	0.020
	iVAL	0.040	0.045	−0.046	0.029	−0.021
	VAL	0.123	0.095	0.059	0.057	−0.039	0.179

SC	ACTL	0.271*
	PPNL	0.120	0.713*
	MEK	0.425*	0.251*	−0.123
	BTL	−0.066	−0.113	−0.091	−0.171
	iVAL	−0.054	0.426*	0.166	0.091	−0.042
	VAL	0.122	−0.118	0.004	−0.229*	0.044	−0.088

Correlation coefficients are significant at a level of 0.05.
FRML: formaldehyde; ACTL: acetaldehyde; PPNL: propionaldehyde; MEK: methyl ethyl ketone; BTL: butyraldehyde.
iVAL: i-valeraldehyde; VAL: n-valeraldehyde.

(b)


Sites	Compounds	SO₂	PM₁₀	O₃	NO₂	CO	Temp (°C)	Wind speed (m/s)

YI	FRML	0.225*	0.298*	0.532*	0.016	−0.175	0.276*	−0.160
	ACTL	0.448*	0.365*	0.279*	0.230*	0.093	0.021	−0.072
	PPNL	0.345*	0.076	0.053	0.168	0.126	0.051	−0.074
	MEK	−0.089	0.139	0.237*	−0.023	−0.176	0.134	−0.267*
	BTL	0.575*	0.167	0.130	−0.019	−0.007	0.014	0.236*
	iVAL	−0.016	0.014	0.275*	−0.125	−0.019	0.090	0.046
	VAL	−0.012	0.099	−0.049	0.072	0.110	−0.239*	0.049

YR	FRML	0.096	0.509*	0.115	0.498*	0.185	0.151	−0.246*
	ACTL	0.143	0.581*	−0.112	0.714*	0.402*	−0.102	−0.247*
	PPNL	0.084	0.337*	−0.099	0.497*	0.275*	−0.079	−0.251*
	MEK	0.162	0.169	−0.221	0.086	0.100	0.004	−0.097
	BTL	−0.105	0.227*	0.144	0.100	−0.038	0.101	0.220
	iVAL	0.033	0.062	−0.157	0.090	0.084	0.055	−0.173
	VAL	0.035	0.297*	0.107	0.209	0.049	0.251*	−0.172

GI	FRML	0.033	0.118	0.279*	0.126	−0.049	0.362*	−0.127
	ACTL	0.261*	0.410*	0.058	0.525*	0.332*	0.249*	−0.303*
	PPNL	0.139	0.091	0.194	0.169	0.026	0.528**	0.000
	MEK	−0.247*	−0.062	−0.195	−0.195	−0.073	0.132	−0.030
	BTL	0.039	0.051	0.155	0.176	−0.049	0.116	−0.041
	iVAL	−0.063	0.119	−0.028	0.038	−0.004	0.066	−0.087
	VAL	−0.163	0.039	−0.015	−0.128	−0.150	0.312*	0.021

GR	FRML	−0.004	0.161	0.180	0.100	0.027	0.248*	−0.197
	ACTL	0.258*	0.505*	0.044	0.478*	0.360*	0.114	−0.392*
	PPNL	0.004	0.072	0.141	0.069	0.007	0.200	−0.174
	MEK	0.042	0.067	−0.218	0.072	0.084	0.056	−0.079
	BTL	−0.081	−0.021	−0.048	−0.096	−0.072	−0.024	−0.064
	iVAL	0.052	0.205	0.089	0.095	−0.004	0.129	−0.072
	VAL	0.075	0.035	0.110	−0.037	0.057	0.329*	−0.072

SC	FRML	0.347*	0.414*	0.015	0.460*	0.377*	0.138	−0.378*
	ACTL	0.295*	0.327*	−0.109	0.466*	0.348*	−0.057	−0.405*
	PPNL	0.292*	0.223*	−0.133	0.263*	0.155	−0.127	−0.244*
	MEK	0.267*	0.465*	−0.063	0.488*	0.590*	−0.231*	−0.277*
	BTL	−0.135	−0.061	0.075	−0.138	−0.155	0.116	0.097
	iVAL	0.058	0.025	−0.283*	0.252*	0.300*	−0.175	−0.237*
	VAL	−0.162	−0.120	0.189	−0.196	−0.198	0.396*	0.026