Reductions of PM 2.5 in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei urban agglomerations during the 2008 Olympic Games

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1330-1342

  Xin, Jinyuan ^a   Wang, Yuesi ^a   Wang, Lili ^a   Tang, Guiqian ^a   Sun, Yang ^a   Pan, Yuepeng ^a   Ji, Dongsheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

PM 2.5; the 2008 Olympic Games; the network; the urban agglomerations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867806964     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-012-1227-4     Document Type: Article

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