Source Allocation of Long-Range Asian Dusts Transportation across the Taiwan Strait by Innovative Chemical-Assisted Identification Methods

Table 1

The transportation types and soil sources of 18 ADS events in this study.

Transportation route types	Events	Routes probability	Predilection periods	Asian dust source region
ETR		33.3%	Late Feb.~April	Central (83%)
STC		22.2%	Nov.~next April	West (75%)
SST		44.5%	Dec.~next April	East (88%)

(1) ETR is the eastward transportation and retraced route.
(2) STC is the southeastern transportation and circumrotated route.
(3) SST is the straight southeastern transportation route.