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

Table 2

Source allocation of 18 ADS events in the Inner Mongolia by enrichment factor analysis.

ADS events	Dates of ADS events	Reference elements	ADS source region			Identified sources
			East	Central	West
1	Mar. 8-9, 2002	Al	14	9	12	East
		Fe	13	9	12
2	Mar. 18–20, 2002	Al	14	11	13	East
		Fe	14	13	13
3*	Mar. 31, 2002	Al	11	12	13	West, central
		Fe	11	12	11
4	Apr. 13, 2002	Al	7	9	8	Central
		Fe	7	9	7
5	Apr. 17–19, 2002	Al	11	13	12	East
		Fe	11	8	9
6	Feb. 25, 2003	Al	12	15	12	Central
		Fe	13	14	12
7*	Mar. 7-8, 2003	Al	12	15	15	West, central
		Fe	13	13	13
8*	Mar. 26-27, 2003	Al	13	15	15	West, central
		Fe	13	13	13
9	Apr. 26-27, 2003	Al	12	14	14	Central
		Fe	12	13	12
10	Feb. 6, 2004	Al	10	12	10	Central
		Fe	10	12	9
11	Feb. 15-16, 2004	Al	10	13	10	Central
		Fe	11	11	11
12	Apr. 2, 2004	Al	11	13	10	Central
		Fe	10	13	11
13	Apr. 13–15, 2004	Al	11	14	14	Central
		Fe	12	14	12
14	Nov. 29, 2005	Al	12	15	14	Central
		Fe	12	15	13
15	Dec. 21–26, 2005	Al	13	14	15	West
		Fe	13	11	13
16	Mar. 14–17, 2006	Al	9	13	9	Central
		Fe	10	12	12
17	Mar. 19, 2006	Al	8	13	8	Central
		Fe	8	13	12
18	Apr. 24-25, 2006	Al	10	15	10	East
		Fe	12	15	12

Different source regions determined by EF values using Al and Fe as reference elements.