Effect of wind speed on sunshine hours in three cities in Northern China

Climate Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 149-157

  Yang, Yonghui ^a   Zhao, Na ^a,b   Hu, Yukun ^c   Zhou, Xinyao ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Hebei Provincial General Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Air pollution; Decline in sunshine hours; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL EMISSIONS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION INDEX; ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECLINE IN SUNSHINE HOURS; HIGH WIND SPEED; LOW WIND SPEED; MAJOR CITIES; NORTH CHINA; NORTHERN CHINA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SUNSHINE HOUR; TIANJIN; WIND SPEED;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; POLLUTION; SPEED; WIND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

AEROSOL; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI; SHIJIAZHUANG; TIANJIN;

EID: 68849085861     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00820     Document Type: Article

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