The influence of emission sources and meteorological conditions on SO 2 pollution in Mongolia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 542-549

  Luvsan, Munkh Erdene ^a,b   Shie, Ruei Hao ^a,c   Purevdorj, Tseden ^b   Badarch, Lkhagvasuren ^d   Baldorj, Barkhasragchaa ^d   Chan, Chang Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MONGOLIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Mongolia)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Mongolia; SO 2; Spatial and temporal pattern; Temperature; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

EMISSION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; INDUSTRIAL SOURCES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MONGOLIA; MONITORING SITES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NATIONAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPORAL PATTERN; URBAN AREAS; WIND SPEED; WIND SPEED AND DIRECTIONS;

TEMPERATURE;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DISPERSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBANIZATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MONGOLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WIND;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [MONGOLIA]; MONGOLIA; ULAANBAATAR;

EID: 84865441852     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.044     Document Type: Article

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