A modeling study of a typical winter PM2.5 pollution episode in a city in Eastern China

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 311-322

  Gao, Lina ^a,b   Zhang, Renjian ^a   Han, Zhiwei ^a   Fu, Congbin ^c   Yan, Peng ^b   Wang, Tijian ^c   Hong, Shengmao ^d   Jiao, Li ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d The Environmental Monitoring Center Station of Hangzhou City   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality modeling; Atmospheric aerosols; Local and regional emissions; Process analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR MONITORING STATIONS; AIR QUALITY MODELING; COMMUNITY MULTI-SCALE AIR QUALITIES; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NUMERICAL SENSITIVITY; PROCESS ANALYSIS; SIMULATIONS AND MEASUREMENTS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RIVER POLLUTION;

POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOACCUMULATION; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 84893136623     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2013.02.0054     Document Type: Article

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