Emission controls and changes in air quality in Guangzhou during the Asian Games

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-93

  Liu, Huan ^a   Wang, Xuemei ^b   Zhang, Jinpu ^b   He, Kebin ^a   Wu, Ye ^a   Xu, Jiayu ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emission control; Guangzhou Asian Games; New ambient air quality standards; Pearl River Delta; STEM model

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY SIMULATION; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; ASIAN GAMES; EMISSION REDUCTION; INTEGRATED EMISSIONS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; SCIENTIFIC STUDIES;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; DUST CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; RIVER POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EMISSION CONTROL;

OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ABATEMENT COST; AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINA; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTING EVENT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUANGZHOU; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84879413588     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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