Exploring spatiotemporal patterns of PM2.5 in China based on ground-level observations for 190 cities

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 216, Issue , 2016, Pages 559-567

  Zhang, Haifeng ^a   Wang, Zhaohai ^b   Zhang, Wenzhong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Exposure; Ground level PM2.5; Population weighted; Spatial dependence; Spatial interpolation

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; INTERPOLATION; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; WIND;

CHINA; EXPOSURE; GROUND LEVEL; POPULATION-WEIGHTED; SPATIAL DEPENDENCE; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INTERPOLATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITY; EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION; VELOCITY; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CHINA; NORTH CHINA PLAIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 84989920843     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.06.009     Document Type: Article

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