Impact of fine particulate fluctuation and other variables on Beijing’s air quality index

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 5139-5151

  Chen, Bo ^a   Lu, Shaowei ^a   Li, Shaoning ^a   Wang, Bing ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Air quality index (AQI); Influencing factors (variables); Temporal and spatial variation; Variation characteristics

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; COAL; DANGEROUS GOODS; DUST; EXHAUST GAS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CITY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROCEDURES; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; COAL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; WIND;

EID: 84925461093     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-4024-z     Document Type: Article

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