Table S1: Summary of the midpoint ship position and the sampling time.
Sampling Midpoint
Collection Date
Sample ID
Long./E
Lat./(N/S)
Start Date
End Date
No.1
121.59
34.11
8-Jan
9-Jan
No.2
122.03
30.04
9-Jan
10-Jan
No.3
119.17
25.47
10-Jan
11-Jan
No.4
115.67
22.60
11-Jan
12-Jan
No.5
113.76
20.40
12-Jan
13-Jan
No.6
112.80
16.11
13-Jan
14-Jan
No.7
111.77
11.48
14-Jan
15-Jan
No.8
110.37
7.08
15-Jan
16-Jan
No.9
107.97
2.56
16-Jan
17-Jan
No.10
107.99
-1.43
17-Jan
18-Jan
No.11
107.71
-4.44
18-Jan
19-Jan
No.12
105.81
-6.04
19-Jan
20-Jan
No.13
108.16
-10.63
20-Jan
21-Jan
No.14
108.12
-12.90
21-Jan
22-Jan
No.15
105.37
-16.02
22-Jan
23-Jan
No.16
101.98
-19.79
23-Jan
24-Jan
No.17
98.36
-23.76
24-Jan
25-Jan
No.18
94.25
-28.13
25-Jan
26-Jan
No.19
90.21
-32.26
26-Jan
27-Jan
No.20
86.29
-36.19
27-Jan
28-Jan
No.21
82.79
-39.71
28-Jan
29-Jan
No.22
75.74
-39.48
29-Jan
30-Jan
No.23
66.99
-37.75
30-Jan
3-Feb
No.24
60.58
-37.85
3-Feb
4-Feb
No.25
54.51
-37.93
4-Feb
5-Feb
No.26
50.64
-37.88
5-Feb
6-Feb
No.27
49.65
-37.58
7-Feb
8-Feb
No.28
48.88
-36.49
9-Feb
10-Feb
No.29
39.57
-32.54
10-Feb
13-Feb
No.30
31.03
-29.87
14-Feb
15-Feb
No.31
32.38
-30.45
15-Feb
20-Feb
No.32
36.08
-32.07
20-Feb
21-Feb
No.33
43.26
-35.16
21-Feb
22-Feb
No.34
49.89
-37.55
22-Feb
24-Feb
No.35
55.89
-36.72
24-Feb
2-Mar
No.36
58.75
-33.82
2-Mar
4-Mar
No.37
57.03
-32.87
4-Mar
5-Mar
No.38
51.50
-32.95
5-Mar
6-Mar
No.39
43.06
-31.71
6-Mar
8-Mar
No.40
35.41
-30.50
8-Mar
9-Mar
No.41
31.05
-29.84
9-Mar
10-Mar
No.42
57.87
-31.18
27-Mar
28-Mar
No.43
58.38
-31.22
28-Mar
29-Mar
No.44
62.16
-28.86
31-Mar
1-Apr
No.45
63.46
-28.06
1-Apr
2-Apr
No.46
63.76
-27.90
2-Apr
3-Apr
No.47
69.65
-23.98
3-Apr
4-Apr
No.48
69.62
-23.98
4-Apr
5-Apr
No.49
69.62
-23.92
5-Apr
6-Apr
No.50
69.59
-23.93
6-Apr
7-Apr
No.51
69.60
-23.99
7-Apr
8-Apr
No.52
70.22
-22.81
8-Apr
9-Apr
No.53
71.86
-19.49
9-Apr
10-Apr
No.54
74.21
-15.30
10-Apr
11-Apr
No.55
75.82
-13.08
11-Apr
12-Apr
No.56
77.27
-13.83
12-Apr
14-Apr
No.57
87.02
-18.52
15-Apr
16-Apr
No.58
91.73
-20.86
16-Apr
17-Apr
No.59
104.31
-26.79
18-Apr
20-Apr
No.60
112.49
-30.61
20-Apr
22-Apr
No.61
130.24
-36.76
28-Apr
29-Apr
No.62
138.51
-39.46
29-Apr
4-May
No.63
168.92
-25.97
4-May
11-May
No.64
176.35
-21.28
11-May
16-May
No.65
177.34
-21.18
16-May
21-May
No.66
178.37
-19.73
21-May
24-May
No.67
178.54
-18.72
24-May
28-May
No.68
175.33
-12.46
28-May
31-May
No.69
167.22
-0.92
31-May
3-Jun
No.70
157.17
5.87
3-Jun
6-Jun
No.71
152.07
12.00
6-Jun
8-Jun
No.72
152.04
17.33
8-Jun
11-Jun
No.73
153.67
17.73
11-Jun
14-Jun
No.74
155.20
16.78
14-Jun
17-Jun
No.75
155.26
15.43
17-Jun
20-Jun
No.76
156.67
12.68
23-Jun
26-Jun
No.77
156.98
10.97
26-Jun
28-Jun
No.78
157.86
8.14
28-Jun
1-Jul
No.79
158.22
6.97
1-Jul
2-Jul
No.80
159.04
12.32
3-Jul
5-Jul
No.81
160.52
21.63
6-Jul
8-Jul
No.82
160.60
21.72
8-Jul
10-Jul
No.83
160.58
21.68
10-Jul
12-Jul
No.84
160.53
21.62
12-Jul
14-Jul
No.85
159.18
20.63
14-Jul
16-Jul
No.86
157.61
19.84
16-Jul
18-Jul
No.87
157.41
19.78
18-Jul
20-Jul
No.88
157.70
19.49
20-Jul
22-Jul
No.89
157.67
19.63
22-Jul
24-Jul
No.90
157.49
19.62
24-Jul
26-Jul
No.91
157.45
19.38
26-Jul
28-Jul
No.92
152.58
17.48
28-Jul
30-Jul
No.93
142.80
15.76
30-Jul
1-Aug
No.94
122.24
19.84
3-Aug
5-Aug
No.95
115.46
21.63
5-Aug
7-Aug
Table S2: Sampling information of the studies cited in this paper for data comparison
Flow Rate (m /min)
Volume (m )
Sampling
Time
(hour)
keep low
(< 0.21)
281/243 for the
warm/cold
period
24
QFF
Akyüz and H.
Çabuk (2010)
1.13
4800-5200
72
QFF
Caricchia, et al.
1995
1.1 for cascade impactor
1.5 for and bulk sampler
---
12
---
Crimmins, et al.
2004
∼1.0
1215-3030
---
QFF
Ding, et al., 2007
1.0
---
24
QFF
Guo, et al., 2003a
1.13–1.41
---
24
QFF
Guo, et al., 2003b
3
3
Method
Literatures
0.25
180
12
QFF
He and
Balasubramanian,
2009
---
∼110–190
12
GFF
Jaward, et al.,
2004
0.23
---
24
GFF
Li et al., 2006
0.10
---
24
GFF
Liu et al., 2007
0.86
650-700
---
GFF
Nizzetto et al.,
2008
---
1700
24
TMF
Panther et al.,
1999
0.016 for PM2.5
0.032 for PM10
---
23
QFF/TMF
Stone et al., 2007
0.10
---
24
GFF
Wu et al., 2005
---
~220
---
QFF
Xu et al., 2012
0.00093
---
~1.5
GFF
Zhang et al.,
2008
QFF: Quartz fiber filter
GFF: Glass fiber filter
TMF: Teflon membrane filter
---: Data was not published
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