Long-term atmospheric visibility trend in Southeast China, 1973-2010

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-21

  Deng, Junjun ^a,b   Du, Ke ^a   Wang, Kai ^a   Yuan, Chung Shin ^c   Zhao, Juanjuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric visibility; Environmental policy; Ridit analysis; Southeast China; Visibility trend

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION INDEX; ANNUAL MEAN; ATMOSPHERIC EXTINCTION; ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; ENVIRONMENT CONTROL; ENVIRONMENT POLICIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; GREEN SPACES; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL DUST; LONG-TERM TREND; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT EMISSION; RIDIT ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST CHINA; TIME-LAG EFFECT; TOTAL INVESTMENT; TRANSITION PERIOD; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; VISIBILITY IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; DEGRADATION; DUST; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; INDUSTRY; INVESTMENTS; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION; RURAL AREAS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

VISIBILITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; DATA BASE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; INDUSTRY; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY;

CHINA; FUJIAN; GUANGDONG; SHANTOU; XIAMEN;

EID: 84862766150     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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