Contribution of Atmospheric Diffusion Conditions to the Recent Improvement in Air Quality in China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Wang, Xiaoyan ^a,b,c   Wang, Kaicun ^b,c   Su, Liangyuan ^b,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOINT CENTER FOR GLOBAL CHANGE STUDIES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; CHINA; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SPRING; WINTER;

EID: 84994201601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep36404     Document Type: Article

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