Observational studies of the meteorological characteristics associated with poor air quality over the Pearl River Delta in China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 10755-10766

  Wu, M ^a   Wu, D ^a,b   Fan, Q ^a   Wang, B M ^a   Li, H W ^a   Fan, S J ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; COLD FRONT; METEOROLOGY; TROPICAL CYCLONE; WIND;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84887122939     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-13-10755-2013     Document Type: Article

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