A study of air pollution of city clusters

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3069-3077

  Gao, Huiwang ^a   Chen, Jing ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Tan, Sai Chun ^b   Lee, Colin M ^c   Yao, Xiaohong ^a   Yan, Han ^a   Shi, Jinhui ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution index; China; City clusters; Dust storm; PM10

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION INDEX; CHINA; CITY CLUSTERS; DUST STORM; PM10;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LANDFORMS; RAIN; REMOTE SENSING; STORMS;

POLLUTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; DUST STORM; EMISSION INVENTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOUNTAIN REGION; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN CLIMATE; WATERSHED;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUST; ELECTRICITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SPRING; WINTER;

CHINA; HUAI RIVER; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 79955007096     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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