Regression analyses between recent air quality and visibility changes in megacities at four haze regions in china

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1049-1061

  Lin, Mang ^a   Tao, Jun ^a,b   Chan, Chuen Yu ^a   Cao, Jun Ji ^c   Zhang, Zhi Sheng ^a   Zhu, Li Hua ^a,b   Zhang, Ren Jian ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality; Atmospheric visibility; China; Megacity

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; CHINA; EMPIRICAL REGRESSION MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; MEGACITIES; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

AIR QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

VISIBILITY;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HAZE; MEGACITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY;

CHINA;

EID: 84872939735     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2011.11.0220     Document Type: Article

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