Arctic Sea Ice Decline Intensified Haze Pollution in Eastern China

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Hui Jun, Wang ^a,b,c   Huo Po, Chen ^a,b,c   Jiping, Liu ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic sea ice; atmospheric circulation; eastern China; haze

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CYCLONE; HAZE; POLLUTION EFFECT; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHINA;

EID: 84945922669     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3878/AOSL20140081     Document Type: Article

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