Efficiency of mitigation measures to reduce particulate air pollution-A case study during the Olympic Summer Games 2008 in Beijing, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 427-428, Issue , 2012, Pages 146-158

  Schleicher, Nina ^a   Norra, Stefan ^a   Chen, Yizhen ^b   Chai, Fahe ^b   Wang, Shulan ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution control measures; Black carbon (BC); Element concentrations; Olympia; Particulate matter (TSP, PM 2.5, PM 1); Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; OLYMPIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; LEAD;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BLACK CARBON; CADMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; RAIN; RUBIDIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; OLYMPIC GAMES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TRAFFIC;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPORTS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84861191764     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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