Modeling study of PM2.5 pollutant transport across cities in China's Jing-Jin-Ji region during a severe haze episode in December 2013

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 5803-5814

  Jiang, C ^a   Wang, H ^b   Zhao, T ^a   Li, T ^a   Che, H ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HAZE; MODELING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HEBEI; TIANJIN;

EID: 84934874168     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-5803-2015     Document Type: Article

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