Characteristics and recent trends of sulfur dioxide at urban, rural, and background sites in North China: Effectiveness of control measures

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-49

  Lin, Weili ^a   Xu, Xiaobin ^a   Ma, Zhiqiang ^b   Zhao, Huarong ^a   Liu, Xiwen ^c   Wang, Ying ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c Wuhan Central Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing Olympic Games; North China; Pollution control; SO 2 trend

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; COMMON FEATURES; CONTROL MEASURES; DIURNAL PATTERN; DOMINANT FACTOR; HEATING SEASON; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NORTH CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; NORTHERN CHINA; OLYMPIC GAMES; POLLUTED AREA; RECENT TRENDS; REGIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; SO 2 TREND; URBAN AREAS; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION INDUCED CORROSION; RURAL AREAS; SULFUR;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OLYMPIC GAMES; POLLUTION CONTROL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHODOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA;

EID: 84862947208     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60727-4     Document Type: Article

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