Change of air quality and its impact on atmospheric visibility in central-western Pearl River Delta

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 172, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 339-351

  Wan, Jun Ming ^a,b   Lin, Mang ^a   Chan, Chuen Yu ^a   Zhang, Zhi Sheng ^a   Engling, Guenter ^c   Wang, Xue Mei ^a   Chan, Iat Neng ^d   Li, Shi Yu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanhai Environmental Protection Bureau   (China)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter; Photochemical oxidant; Sulfur dioxide; Visibility degradation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL SENSORS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; NITROGEN OXIDES; QUALITY CONTROL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VISIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMICAL OXIDANTS; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESS; VISIBILITY DEGRADATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VISIBILITY;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; VISIBILITY;

CHINA; FOSHAN; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 79151485636     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-010-1338-2     Document Type: Article

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