Cool season pollution episodes in Hong Kong, 1996-2002

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 2927-2939

  Lee, Y C ^a   Hills, P R ^b  

^a Green Council   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dust storm; Hong Kong winter and spring episodes; Monsoon system; Pollutant transport

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; FOSSIL FUELS; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

SEA BREEZES;

POLLUTION;

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ARSENIC; CALCIUM; FOSSIL FUEL; IRON; MANGANESE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFATE; VANADIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST STORM; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; MONSOON; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; HONG KONG; IMAGING; MASS; METEOROLOGY; MINERAL DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; SPRING; WINTER;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0038513384     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(03)00296-6     Document Type: Article

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