Long-term trend of haze pollution and impact of particulate matter in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 182, Issue , 2013, Pages 101-110

  Cheng, Zhen ^a   Wang, Shuxiao ^a,b   Jiang, Jingkun ^a,b   Fu, Qingyan ^c   Chen, Changhong ^d   Xu, Bingye ^e   Yu, Jianqiao ^f   Fu, Xiao ^a   Hao, Jiming ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

^c Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^d SHANGHAI ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^e Zhejiang Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^f Jiangsu Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

Haze pollution; Mass extinction efficiency; Particulate matter; Visibility; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HAZE POLLUTIONS; LONG TERM MONITORING; MASS EXTINCTION EFFICIENCY; PARTICULATE MATTER; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LOADING; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; VISIBILITY;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; MASS EXTINCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HAZE; HUMIDITY; HYDROPHILICITY; MASS EXTINCTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY;

HAZE POLLUTION; MASS EXTINCTION EFFICIENCY; PARTICULATE MATTER; VISIBILITY; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84881089386     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.06.043     Document Type: Article

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