PM2.5 data reliability, consistency, and air quality assessment in five Chinese cities

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 10,220-10,236

  Liang, Xuan ^a   Li, Shuo ^b   Zhang, Shuyi ^a   Huang, Hui ^c   Chen, Song Xi ^a,c,d  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE EFFECT; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA QUALITY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84987660396     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2016JD024877     Document Type: Article

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