Process analysis of a regional air pollution episode over Pearl River Delta Region, China, using the MM5-CMAQ model

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 406-418

  Fan, Qi ^a   Yu, Wei ^a,b   Fan, Shaojia ^a   Wang, Xuemei ^a   Lan, Jing ^a   Zou, Delong ^a   Feng, Yerong ^c   Chan, Pak wai ^d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Dongguan Environmental Protection Monitoring Station   (China)

^c Guangzhou Central Meteorological Observatory   (China)

^d Hong Kong Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITION;

AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELS; HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION; VERTICAL TRANSPORT PROCESS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY MULTISCALE AIR QUALITY MODEL; DRY DEPOSITION; HUMIDITY; HYPERBARISM; METEOROLOGY; MM5 MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WIND;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMIDITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RIVERS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84897897873     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2013.816387     Document Type: Article

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