Particulate matter pollution over China and the effects of control policies

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 584-585, Issue , 2017, Pages 426-447

  Wang, Jiandong ^a,b   Zhao, Bin ^c   Wang, Shuxiao ^a,b   Yang, Fumo ^d,e   Xing, Jia ^a,b   Morawska, Lidia ^f   Ding, Aijun ^g   Kulmala, Markku ^h   Kerminen, Veli Matti ^h   Kujansuu, Joni ^h   Wang, Zifa ⁱ   Ding, Dian ^a,b   Zhang, Xiaoye ^j   Wang, Huanbo ^d   Tian, Mi ^d   Petäjä, Tuukka ^h   Jiang, Jingkun ^a,b   Hao, Jiming ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION KEY LABORATORY OF SOURCES AND CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION COMPLEX   (China)

^c Los Angeles   (United States)

^d Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^g NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^j STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

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Author keywords

Chemical speciation; China; Control policies; Metropolitan regions; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL SPECIATION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

CHINA; CONTROL POLICY; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; NEW PARTICLE FORMATION; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; PARTICULATE MATTER POLLUTION; PM2.5; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

AMMONIA; CARBON; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); METROPOLITAN AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLLUTION POLICY; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REVIEW; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CHINA;

EID: 85027934663     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.01.027     Document Type: Review

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