Characteristics and source distribution of air pollution in winter in Qingdao, eastern China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue , 2017, Pages 44-53

  Li, Lingyu ^a   Yan, Dongyun ^a   Xu, Shaohui ^a   Huang, Mingli ^a   Wang, Xiaoxia ^a   Xie, Shaodong ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Eastern China; PSCF CWT; Source; Trajectory

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COAL COMBUSTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; TRAJECTORIES;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS; EASTERN CHINA; LONG DISTANCE TRANSMISSION; PM2.5 CONCENTRATION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; PSCF/CWT; SOURCE;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL FORMATION; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ATMOSPHERE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION WEIGHTED TRAJECTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIELD EMISSION; HYBRID SINGLE PARTICLE LAGRANGIAN INTEGRATED TRAJECTORY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION CONTROL; POTENTIAL SOURCE CONTRIBUTION FUNCTION; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON;

CHINA; HEBEI; NEI MONGGOL; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGDAO; SHANDONG; SHANXI; YELLOW SEA;

AIR POLLUTANT; COAL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; COAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 85014688195     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.12.037     Document Type: Article

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