Characterizing spatiotemporal patterns of air pollution in China: A multiscale landscape approach

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 76, Issue , 2017, Pages 344-356

  Liu, Yupeng ^a   Wu, Jianguo ^a,b   Yu, Deyong ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Haze; Inter regional transport of air pollutants; PM2.5; Urban landscape pattern

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; COAL TRANSPORTATION; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; POLLUTION; POLLUTION CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; REMOTE SENSING; RIVER POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BEIJING-TIANJIN-HEBEI REGIONS; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; HAZE; MIDDLE AND LOWER REACHES OF THE YANGTZE RIVERS; SPATIAL PATTERN ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL PATTERNS; URBAN LANDSCAPE PATTERNS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECONOMIC GROWTH; HAZE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION POLICY; REMOTE SENSING; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; HEBEI; NORTH CHINA PLAIN; TIANJIN; YANGTZE BASIN;

EID: 85011923770     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.01.027     Document Type: Article

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