Interprovincial Reliance for Improving Air Quality in China: A Case Study on Black Carbon Aerosol

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 4118-4126

  Li, Yun ^a   Meng, Jing ^a   Liu, Junfeng ^a   Xu, Yuan ^b   Guan, Dabo ^c   Tao, Wei ^a   Huang, Ye ^a   Tao, Shu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMERCE; EFFICIENCY; FOG; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL;

ADVERSE EFFECT; BLACK CARBON AEROSOL; DOMESTIC CONSUMPTION; INPUT OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTEGRATED PATTERN; SOURCE-RECEPTOR RELATIONSHIPS; SURFACE CONCENTRATION; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

BLACK CARBON; AEROSOL; AIR; SOOT;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; TRADE;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; CHINA; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; WEATHER; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SOOT; STANDARDS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CHINA;

AEROSOLS; AIR; ATMOSPHERE; BEIJING; CHINA; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOOT; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84963979511     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b05989     Document Type: Article

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