Role of sectoral and multi-pollutant emission control strategies in improving atmospheric visibility in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 184, Issue , 2014, Pages 426-434

  Huang, Kan ^a,b   Fu, Joshua S ^a   Gao, Yang ^a,c   Dong, Xinyi ^a   Zhuang, Guoshun ^b   Lin, Yanfen ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CMAQ simulation; Multi pollutant control; Visibility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; CMAQ SIMULATION; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITY MODELS; CONTROL STRATEGIES; EMISSION REDUCTION; MULTI-POLLUTANT CONTROL; VISIBILITY IMPROVEMENT; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

AIR QUALITY; EMISSION CONTROL; POWER PLANTS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

VISIBILITY;

NITRIC OXIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTANT SOURCE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC VISIBILITY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXHAUST GAS; INDUSTRY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

CMAQ SIMULATION; MULTI-POLLUTANT CONTROL; VISIBILITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INDUSTRY; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POWER PLANTS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84885662439     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.09.029     Document Type: Article

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