Haze trends over the capital cities of 31 provinces in China, 1981-2005

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 235-242

  Che, Huizheng ^a,e   Zhang, Xiaoye ^a   Li, Yang ^b   Zhou, Zijiang ^c   Qu, John J ^d   Hao, Xianjun ^d  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^d GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; EMISSION; HAZE; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WINTER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 68349120248     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0059-8     Document Type: Article

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