Research Article

Distributions, Sources, and Backward Trajectories of Atmospheric Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at Lake Small Baiyangdian, Northern China

Table 2

PAHs contents in the gaseous phase, particulate phase, and dust fall at Lake Small Baiyangdian.

Gaseous phase (ng m−3)Particulate phase (ng m−3)Dust fall (ng g−1)
MeanSDMinMaxMeanSDMinMaxMeanSDMinMax

Nap123.4 157.2 7.7 478.1 7.7 4.7 2.4 16.7 151.7 74.1 33.4 254.8
Ace7.6 6.1 1.3 16.7 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.8 16.1 16.4 5.8 52.5
Acy3.1 3.7 0.2 9.4 0.8 0.8 0.0 2.2 31.8 22.0 7.6 64.4
Flo66.9 49.9 16.1 161.4 3.5 2.5 1.4 8.2 132.5 79.4 58.8 297.7
Phe142.6 130.0 42.4 428.0 21.1 21.5 4.0 71.2 1553.5 1167.0 412.1 3738.6
Ant6.5 5.9 1.6 19.1 2.1 1.7 0.9 5.0 121.6 105.8 36.7 350.1
Fla39.9 36.7 6.6 120.2 22.3 20.1 4.2 64.9 1471.1 1149.9 391.8 3676.1
Pyr19.5 18.4 3.9 60.5 12.6 10.3 3.5 34.7 796.9 579.4 232.9 1934.6
Baa1.2 1.1 0.3 3.7 9.2 2.1 5.4 11.1 210.8 69.3 116.3 324.2
Chr3.1 2.3 0.8 7.9 17.1 4.6 9.4 21.9 661.1 274.2 334.5 1140.4
Bbf1.8 2.0 0.3 5.6 19.5 2.5 15.0 21.9 756.2 273.2 411.9 1162.2
Bkf0.6 0.6 0.2 1.4 14.4 3.0 9.4 17.3 225.2 69.1 129.2 323.3
Bap0.4 0.3 0.1 0.8 13.9 1.0 12.6 15.6 230.8 120.0 122.6 452.2
DahA0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 NDNDNDND53.9 45.7 18.7 150.7
IcdP1.0 0.5 0.2 1.4 20.7 0.5 20.0 21.1 302.9 186.1 29.8 556.4
BghiP0.7 0.5 0.2 1.5 20.7 0.9 19.4 22.0 214.1 99.7 108.4 372.0

LMW390.0 284.8 76.9 851.6 57.0 47.9 15.8 163.2 3478.3 2278.0 1156.9 6643.5
MMW26.0 23.0 6.7 74.5 57.7 37.1 3.5 101.2 2650.2 1136.3 1277.5 4884.7
HMW2.0 1.3 0.6 3.5 50.8 10.0 35.9 57.3 801.7 374.4 429.1 1446.7
PAH16417.2 299.8 84.4 928.6 150.9 99.2 19.3 321.6 6930.2 3206.5 2916.9 12387.2

Nap: naphthalene; Ace: acenaphthene; Acy: acenaphthylene; Flo: fluorene; Phe: phenanthrene; Ant: anthracene; Fla: fluoranthene; Pyr: pyrene; Baa: benzo[a]anthracene; Chr: chrysene; Bbf: benzo[b]fluoranthene; Bkf: benzo[k]fluoranthene; Bap: benzo[a]pyrene; IcdP: indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene; DahA: dibenz[a,h]anthracene; BghiP: benzo[ghi]perylene; PAH16: the sum of 16 PAH components; LMW-PAH: low molecular weight PAHs including 2-3 ring PAHs (Nap, Ace, Acy, Flo, Phe, Ant, Fla); MMW-PAH: moderate molecular weight PAHs including 4 ring PAHs (Pyr, Baa, Chr, Bbf, Bkf); HMW-PAH: high molecular weight PAHs including 5-6 ring PAHs (Bap, Icdp, Daha, Bghip).
ND: not detected.