Impact of the 2015 El Nino event on winter air quality in China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Chang, Luyu ^a,b   Xu, Jianming ^a,b   Tie, Xuexi ^c,d,e   Wu, Jianbin ^a,b  

^a Shanghai Pudong Meterological Bureau   (China)

^b Shanghai Meteorological Service   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; CHINA; EL NINO; MODEL; PRECIPITATION; WINTER;

EID: 84989172859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep34275     Document Type: Article

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