On the severe haze in Beijing during January 2013: Unraveling the effects of meteorological anomalies with WRF-Chem

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 104, Issue , 2015, Pages 11-21

  Zhang, Li ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Lv, Mengyao ^b   Zhang, Qiang ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing; Haze; Meteorological anomaly; PM2.5; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EMISSION CONTROL; METEOROLOGY;

BEIJING; HAZE; METEOROLOGICAL ANOMALY; PM2.5; WRF-CHEM;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EMISSION CONTROL; HAZE; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; URBAN AREA;

ACID DEPOSITION; AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; BOUNDARY LAYER; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHINA; CLIMATE; COMBUSTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HAZE; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING COUPLED WITH CHEMISTRY MODEL; WINTER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84920877121     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.001     Document Type: Article

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