Widespread and persistent ozone pollution in eastern China during the non-winter season of 2015: Observations and source attributions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 2759-2774

  Li, Guohui ^a   Bei, Naifang ^b   Cao, Junji ^a   Wu, Jiarui ^a   Long, Xin ^a   Feng, Tian ^a,b   Dai, Wenting ^a   Liu, Suixin ^a   Zhang, Qiang ^c   Tie, Xuexi ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION INVENTORY; OZONE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 85013923307     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-17-2759-2017     Document Type: Article

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