Effects of urban land expansion on the regional meteorology and air quality of eastern China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 8597-8614

  Tao, W ^a   Liu, J ^a   Ban Weiss, G A ^b   Hauglustaine, D A ^c   Zhang, L ^a   Zhang, Q ^d   Cheng, Y ^e   Yu, Y ^f   Tao, S ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^f Nanjing Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGIONAL CLIMATE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84938493746     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-8597-2015     Document Type: Article

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