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To assess air quality and the spatiotemporal characteristics of atmospheric particulate matter (PM), PM concentrations were compared with meteorological conditions and the concentrations of other airborne pollutants over South Korea from 2015 to 2020, using different linear and non-linear models such as linear regression, generalized additive, and multivariable linear regression models. The results showed that meteorological conditions played a significant role in the formation, transportation, and deposition of air pollutants. PM2.5 levels peaked in January, while PM10 levels peaked in April. Both were at their lowest levels in July. Further, PM2.5 was the highest during winter, followed by spring, autumn, and summer, whereas PM10 was the highest in spring followed by winter, autumn, and summer. PM concentrations were negatively correlated with temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation. Wind speed had an inverse relationship with air quality; zonal and vertical wind components were positively and negatively correlated with PM, respectively. Furthermore, CO, black carbon, SO2, and SO4 had a positive relationship with PM. The impact of transboundary air pollution on PM concentration in South Korea was also elucidated using air mass trajectories.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14194849","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,28]],"date-time":"2022-09-28T22:53:19Z","timestamp":1664405599000},"page":"4849","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Particulate Matter Concentrations over South Korea: Impact of Meteorology and Other Pollutants"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Shaik","family":"Allabakash","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre de M\u00e9t\u00e9orologie Radar, M\u00e9t\u00e9o-France, 31100 Toulouse, France"},{"name":"Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Goyang-si 10223, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0545-9369","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sanghun","family":"Lim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Goyang-si 10223, Korea"}]},{"given":"Kyu-Soo","family":"Chong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Goyang-si 10223, Korea"}]},{"given":"Tomohito","family":"Yamada","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, N13 W8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8628, Japan"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,28]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"5268","DOI":"10.1016\/j.atmosenv.2009.08.021","article-title":"Atmospheric composition change\u2013global and regional air quality","volume":"43","author":"Monks","year":"2009","journal-title":"Atmos. 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