Air pollution episodes associated with East Asian winter monsoons

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 5063-5068

  Hien, P D ^a   Loc, P D ^b   Dao, N V ^b  

^a International Atomic Energy Agency Hanoi   (Viet Nam)

^b Aero Meteorological Observatory   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

CO; Continuous monitoring; Daytime; Nighttime; NO 2; PM 10; SO 2; Temperature inversion

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DAYTIME; NIGHTTIME; SO 2; TEMPERATURE INVERSION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; COBALT; FOG; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

POLLUTION;

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COLD AIR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MONSOON; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COLD AIR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; VIET NAM; WINTER;

AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VIETNAM;

EAST CHINA SEA; HANOI; PACIFIC OCEAN; VIET NAM;

EID: 80053446393     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.08.049     Document Type: Article

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