Dusty sky in Hong Kong and clear sky in the inland of the Pearl River Delta: Analysis of a typical haze episode during 17-23 March 2010

Huanjing Kexue Xuebao/Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 695-703

  Wu, Dui ^a,c   Wu, Cheng ^b   Li, Haiyan ^a   Chen, Huanhuan ^c   Deng, Tao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; Cold front; Dust; Haze; Pearl River Delta; PM2.5 PM10 mass ratio

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLEAR SKY; COLD FRONT; DATA SET; DUST; DUST STORM; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FLOW FIELD; HAZE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; URBANIZATION; VISIBILITY;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; HONG KONG; MONGOLIA; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 79959529882     PISSN: 02532468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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