The distribution and trends of fog and haze in the North China Plain over the past 30 years

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 11949-11958

  Fu, G Q ^a,c   Xu, W Y ^b,d   Yang, R F ^a   Li, J B ^e   Zhao, C S ^b  

^a Meteorological Institute of Hebei Province   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Meteorological and Ecological Environment of Hebei Province   (China)

^d STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^e Hebei Meteorological Observatory   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOG; HAZE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREND ANALYSIS; VISIBILITY; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

EID: 84914695850     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-14-11949-2014     Document Type: Article

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