Ground ozone concentrations over Beijing from 2004 to 2015: Variation patterns, indicative precursors and effects of emission-reduction

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 237, Issue , 2018, Pages 262-274

  Cheng, Nianliang ^a,b,c   Chen, Ziyue ^a   Sun, Feng ^b   Sun, Ruiwen ^b   Dong, Xin ^b   Xie, Xiaoming ^a   Xu, Chunxue ^d  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

APEC meeting; Beijing; Emission reduction; Grand military parade; Ozone; Precursors

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL;

APEC MEETING; BEIJING; EMISSION REDUCTION; GRAND MILITARY PARADE; PRECURSORS;

OZONE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION FORUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; EMISSION CONTROL; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHINA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; OZONE DEPLETION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SUNLIGHT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; VELOCITY; WIND; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BEIJING; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OZONE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85042396671     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.051     Document Type: Article

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