A statistical model to evaluate the effectiveness of PM2.5 emissions control during the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Environment International

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 100-105

  Liu, Yang ^a   He, Kebin ^b   Li, Shenshen ^a   Wang, Zhaoxi ^c   Christiani, David C ^c   Koutrakis, Petros ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution control; Beijing Olympic Games; GAM; MODIS AOD; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERICS; EMISSION CONTROL; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

DATA SETS; EMISSION REDUCTION; EMISSIONS CONTROL; GAM; MAJOR EVENTS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MODIS AOD; OLYMPIC GAMES; PM2.5; POLLUTION LEVEL; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; STATISTICAL MODELS;

RATING;

RAIN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; EMISSION CONTROL; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; GAME; HAZE; HUMIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84860551851     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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