Association between energy use and poor visibility in Hong Kong SAR, China

Energy

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-20

  To, W M ^a  

^a MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

Author keywords

Aviation; Energy use; Fuel consumption; Long term time series; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AVIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; FOSSIL FUELS; FUEL CONSUMPTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME SERIES;

AVIATION GASOLINE; BIVARIATE CORRELATIONS; ENERGY USE; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REDUCED VISIBILITY; TIME-SERIES DATA;

VISIBILITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR TRANSPORTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMBUSTION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY USE; FUEL CONSUMPTION; TIME SERIES; VISIBILITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84898053602     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2014.02.062     Document Type: Article

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