The impact of circulation patterns on regional transport pathways and air quality over Beijing and its surroundings

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5031-5053

  Zhang, J P ^a   Zhu, T ^a   Zhang, Q H ^a   Li, C C ^a   Shu, H L ^a   Ying, Y ^a   Dai, Z P ^b   Wang, X ^a   Liu, X Y ^a   Liang, A M ^c   Shen, H X ^c   Yi, B Q ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shenzhen Academy of Environmental Science   (China)

^c Meteorological Center of North China Air Traffic Management Bureau of CAAC   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; PARAMETERIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PRESSURE FIELD; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN POLLUTION;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84861930503     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-12-5031-2012     Document Type: Article

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