Relationship between intraseasonal variations of air pollution and meteorological variables in Hong Kong

Annals of GIS

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 217-226

  Fung, Wai Yung ^a   Wu, Renguang ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong air quality; intraseasonal variations; precipitation; seasonal dependence; wind direction and speed

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SEASONAL VARIATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84906736217     PISSN: 19475683     EISSN: 19475691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19475683.2014.945480     Document Type: Article

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