Meteorological conditions for the persistent severe fog and haze event over eastern China in January 2013

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-35

  Zhang, Ren He ^a   Li, Qiang ^b   Zhang, Ruo Nan ^c  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

eastern China; fog and haze event; January 2013; meteorological conditions

Indexed keywords

LINEAR REGRESSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEAR FLOW; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

EAST ASIAN WINTER MONSOON; EASTERN CHINA; FOG AND HAZE; JANUARY 2013; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; SURFACE WIND VELOCITIES;

FOG;

EID: 84901444561     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: 18691897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-013-4774-3     Document Type: Article

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