A new indicator on the impact of large-scale circulation on wintertime particulate matter pollution over China

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2015, Pages 11919-11929

  Jia, B ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a,b,c   Yao, Y ^a   Xie, Y ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84946098416     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-11919-2015     Document Type: Article

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