Urban air quality evaluations under two versions of the national ambient air quality standards of China

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 49-57

  Chen, Wei ^a   Tang, Hongzhao ^b   Zhao, Haimeng ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Mapping and Geoinformation   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Air quality; National ambient air quality standard; PM10; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961678025     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apr.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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