Emission controls versus meteorological conditions in determining aerosol concentrations in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 12437-12451

  Gao, Y ^a,b   Liu, X ^a   Zhao, C ^a   Zhang, M ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; METEOROLOGY; OLYMPIC GAMES;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 83455258670     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-11-12437-2011     Document Type: Article

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