Long-term trend and spatiotemporal variations of haze over China by satellite observations from 1979 to 2013

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 362-373

  Zhang, Xingying ^a   Wang, Ling ^a   Wang, Weihe ^a   Cao, Dongjie ^a   Wang, Xi ^a   Ye, Dianxiu ^b  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

China; Haze; Long term trend; Satellite observations

Indexed keywords

DUST; POLLUTION; SATELLITES;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHINA; HAZE; LONG-TERM TREND; REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DUST; HAZE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOMS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHINA; DUST; HAZE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPRING; TREND STUDY; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84941551823     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.08.053     Document Type: Article

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