The spatial-temporal characteristics of air pollution in China from 2001-2014

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 15875-15887

  Bao, Junzhe ^a   Yang, Xiping ^a   Zhao, Zhiyuan ^a   Wang, Zhenkun ^a   Yu, Chuanhua ^a   Li, Xudong ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution index; Air quality index; Shift of gravity center; Spatial temporal characteristics

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHINA; CITY; GOVERNMENT; GRAVITY; HISTOGRAM; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84949941625     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph121215029     Document Type: Article

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