Visibility trends in six megacities in China 1973-2007

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-167

  Chang, Di ^a   Song, Yu ^a   Liu, Bing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol pollution; Air quality; Dry extinction coefficients; Megacities; Visibility trends

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL LOADING; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; CHENGDU; COAL-BURNING; DRY EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; GUANGZHOU; HEATING PERIOD; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; MEGACITIES; NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTERS; NORTHERN REGIONS; OPTICAL EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; SEASONAL CHANGES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; LINEAR REGRESSION; POLLUTION; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; TIME SERIES;

VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATABASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; VISIBILITY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; LIAONING; SHENYANG;

EID: 68949154475     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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