Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Air Pollution in Chinese Cities

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 228, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Li, Qian ^a   Wang, Enru ^b   Zhang, Tongtong ^c   Hu, Hao ^d  

^a CHINA NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c China Natl Cleaner Prod Center   (China)

^d NANJING INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Cities; PM2.5; Spatial and temporal variations

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AIR POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR DIOXIDE; WIND;

CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; PM2.5; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPATIAL VARIATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR PRESSURE; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WIND; WINTER;

CHINA;

EID: 85012193832     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-017-3268-x     Document Type: Article

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