Estimating air quality impacts of elevated point source emissions in Chongqing, China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 279-294

  Yang, Duoxing ^a,b   Wang, Zhongqiong ^c   Zhang, Renjian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c State Intellecture Property Office   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; CALPUFF; Chongqing; Point sources; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849129020     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2008.02.0005     Document Type: Article

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