Recent changes in particulate air pollution over china observed from space and the ground: Effectiveness of emission control

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 7771-7776

  Lin, Jintai ^a,b   Nielsen, Chris P ^b   Zhao, Yu ^b   Lei, Yu ^b   Liu, Yang ^c   McElroy, Michael B ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL POLLUTANTS; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; CONTROL POLICY; ECONOMIC RECESSION; EMISSION TRENDS; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; NON-METHANE VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SECONDARY AEROSOLS; SIZE RANGES;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EMISSION CONTROL; METHANE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION CONTROL; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION POLICY; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; SPACE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA;

EID: 77958055810     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101094t     Document Type: Article

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