Indentifying the major air pollutants base on factor and cluster analysis, a case study in 74 Chinese cities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-46

  Zhang, Jing ^a   Zhang, Lan yue ^a   Du, Ming ^b   Zhang, Wei ^b   Huang, Xin ^a   Zhang, Ya qi ^a   Yang, Yue yi ^a   Zhang, Jian min ^c   Deng, Shi huai ^a   Shen, Fei ^a   Li, Yuan wei ^a   Xiao, Hong ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Cluster analysis; Emission sources; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTOMOTIVE EMISSIONS; CHINESE CITIES; EMISSION SOURCES; FACTOR AND CLUSTER ANALYSIS; INDENTIFYING; MAJOR FACTORS; SEASONAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

FACTOR ANALYSIS;

CARBON MONOXIDE; COAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FLUE GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84984649637     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.08.066     Document Type: Article

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