Spatiotemporal Pattern of PM 2.5 Concentrations in Mainland China and Analysis of Its Influencing Factors using Geographically Weighted Regression

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Luo, Jieqiong ^a,b,c   Du, Peijun ^a,b,c   Samat, Alim ^d   Xia, Junshi ^e   Che, Meiqin ^a,b,c   Xue, Zhaohui ^f  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHINA; CITY; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICALLY WEIGHTED REGRESSION; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; LAND USE; POPULATION MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; ARTICLE;

EID: 85009453114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep40607     Document Type: Article

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