Annual and diurnal variations of gaseous and particulate pollutants in 31 provincial capital cities based on in situ air quality monitoring data from China National Environmental Monitoring Center

Environment International

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 92-106

  Zhao, Suping ^a   Yu, Ye ^a   Yin, Daiying ^a   He, Jianjun ^b   Liu, Na ^c   Qu, Jianjun ^a   Xiao, Jianhua ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Qinghai Provincial Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Annual variation; China; Cluster analysis; Diurnal variation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; ANNUAL VARIATIONS; CHINA; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; DANGEROUS GOODS; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY; ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FALL SEASON; GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; AIR; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; DANGEROUS GOODS; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STANDARDS; URBANIZATION;

CHINA;

AIR; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84946595428     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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