Analysis of a severe prolonged regional haze episode in the Yangtze River Delta, China

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 102, Issue , 2015, Pages 112-121

  Wang, Mengya ^a,b   Cao, Chunxiang ^a   Li, Guoshuai ^a,b   Singh, Ramesh P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backscatter and depolarization ratio; PM2.5; Regional haze episode; Visibility; Yangtze River Delta

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DUST; RIVERS; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; DEPOLARIZATION RATIO; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; REGIONAL HAZE; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; YANGTZE RIVER DELTA;

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BOUNDARY LAYER; HAZE; METEOROLOGY; VISIBILITY;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; HAZE; METEOROLOGY; OPTICAL DEPTH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 84913580870     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.11.038     Document Type: Article

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