Cause and predictability for the severe haze pollution in downtown Beijing in November–December 2015

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 592, Issue , 2017, Pages 627-638

  Zhang, Ziyin ^a   Gong, Daoyi ^b   Mao, Rui ^b   Kim, Seong Joong ^c   Xu, Jing ^a   Zhao, Xiujuan ^a   Ma, Zhiqiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atmospheric circulation; Meteorological condition; PM2.5; Severe haze pollution; WRF Chem

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; TROPOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; HAZE POLLUTIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; PM2.5; WRF-CHEM;

POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDICTION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY; FORECASTING; HAZE; HUMIDITY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SIMULATION; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WEATHER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AIR POLLUTION; BEIJING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; WEATHER;

EID: 85015767007     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.009     Document Type: Article

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