Sulfur dioxide emissions in China and sulfur trends in East Asia since 2000

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 6311-6331

  Lu, Z ^a   Streets, D G ^a   Zhang, Q ^b   Wang, S ^a,b   Carmichael, G R ^c   Cheng, Y F ^c   Wei, C ^c   Chin, M ^d   Diehl, T ^d   Tan, Q ^d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; GROWTH RATE; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION POLICY; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; JAPAN;

EID: 77954231387     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-10-6311-2010     Document Type: Article

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