Research Article

Application of MM5-CAMx-PSAT Modeling Approach for Investigating Emission Source Contribution to Atmospheric Pollution in Tangshan, Northern China

Table 1

PCA results for meteorological variables in four selected months in 2006.

PCEigenvalueProportion varianceCumulative proportionVariablePrincipal component loadings
PC1PC2PC3PC4

(a) January

PC11.492 0.371 0.371 PBLH
PC21.279 0.273 0.644 T2m
PC31.022 0.174 0.818 WS10
PC40.772 0.099 0.918 PSLV
PC50.554 0.051 0.969 RH
PC60.433 0.031 1.000 WD

(b) April

PC11.516 0.383 0.383 PBLH
PC21.280 0.273 0.656 T2m
PC30.982 0.161 0.817 WS10
PC40.813 0.110 0.927 PSLV
PC50.523 0.046 0.973 RH
PC60.405 0.027 1.000 WD

(c) July

PC11.435 0.343 0.343 PBLH
PC21.182 0.233 0.576 T2m
PC31.056 0.186 0.762 WS10
PC40.785 0.103 0.865 PSLV
PC50.729 0.089 0.953 RH
PC60.529 0.047 1.000 WD

(d) October

PC11.535 0.392 0.392 PBLH 0.684 0.000
PC21.324 0.292 0.685 T2m 0.301 0.000
PC30.951 0.151 0.835 WS10 0.649 0.000
PC40.785 0.103 0.938 PSLV −0.13
PC50.498 0.041 0.979 RH 0.000 0.607
PC60.351 0.021 1.000 WD 0.000 0.781