Characteristics of visibility and particulate matter (PM) in an urban area of Northeast China

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 427-434

  Zhao, Hujia ^a,b   Che, Huizheng ^a   Zhang, Xiaoye ^a   Ma, Yanjun ^a   Wang, Yangfeng ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Wang, Yaqiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Northeast China; Particulate matter; Shenyang; Visibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885602333     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2013.049     Document Type: Article

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