Spatial distribution, seasonal variation and regionalization of PM2.5 concentrations in China

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1435-1443

  Wang, Shuai ^a   Li, Guogang ^a   Gong, Zhengyu ^a   Du, Li ^a   Zhou, Qingtao ^b   Meng, Xiaoyan ^a   Xie, Shuyan ^a   Zhou, Lei ^a  

^a China National Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^b Syracuse University   (United States)

Author keywords

PM2.5; REOF; spatial regionalization; spatiotemporal variability

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COASTAL ZONES; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; RIVERS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECTONICS;

EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AND LOWER YANGTZE RIVERS; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; REOF; SPATIAL REGIONALIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

EID: 84940446842     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: 18691870     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-015-5468-9     Document Type: Article

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