Temporal and spatial patterns of China's main air pollutants: Years 2014 and 2015

Atmosphere

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2017, Pages

  Zhou, Tiancai ^a,b   Sun, Jian ^b   Yu, Huan ^a  

^a CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Dynamics; Generalized additive model; Policy recommendations; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUELS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; SOLAR ENERGY; URBAN GROWTH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION; BEIJING-TIANJIN-HEBEI REGIONS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL-TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL PATTERN;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 85027437115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos8080137     Document Type: Letter

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