Spatio-temporal variability of particulate matter in the key part of Gansu Province, Western China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 230, Issue , 2017, Pages 189-198

  Guan, Qingyu ^a   Cai, Ao ^a,b   Wang, Feifei ^a   Yang, Liqin ^a   Xu, Chuanqi ^a   Liu, Zeyu ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Gansu Building Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dust storm; PM10; PM2.5; Spatio temporal variation; The Silk Road Economic Belt

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; STORMS;

CHINA; DUST STORM; PM10; PM2.5; SILK ROADS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DUST;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST STORM; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CITY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WIND;

CHINA; GANSU; JIAYUGUAN; JINCHANG; LANZHOU;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; CITIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; WIND;

EID: 85021157396     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.045     Document Type: Article

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