Reductions in sulfur pollution in the Pearl River Delta region, China: Assessing the effectiveness of emission controls

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-124

  Wang, Xuemei ^a   Liu, Huan ^b   Pang, Jiongming ^a   Carmichael, Gregory ^c   He, Kebin ^b   Fan, Qi ^a   Zhong, Liuju ^d   Wu, Zhiyong ^a   Zhang, Jinpu ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d Guangdong Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Control policy; Meteorological effect; MM5 STEM; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONCENTRATIONS; CONTROL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL EFFECTS; MM5/STEM; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; SULFATE CONCENTRATIONS;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METEOROLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; SULFUR;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION POLICY; SATELLITE DATA; SCIAMACHY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR POLLUTION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84879414616     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.04.074     Document Type: Article

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