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Estimation of citywide air pollution in Beijing [1]

There has been discrepancies between the daily air quality reports of the Beijing municipal government, observations recorded at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, and Beijing residents’ perceptions of air quality. This study estimates Beijing’s daily area PM2.5 mass concentration by means of a novel technique SPA (Single Point Areal Estimation) that uses data from the single PM2.5 observation station of the U.S Embassy and the 18 PM10 observation stations of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau.

Publication Date: 
08/01/2013
Jin-Feng Wang [2], Mao-Gui Hu [3], Cheng-Dong Xu & et al [4]
PLoS ONE [5]
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Tags:
Air Pollution [6], China [7], Urban Air Quality [8], Air Quality Monitoring [9], PM 2.5 [10], Geographical Information Systems (GIS) [11], Vehicular Pollution [12]
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/estimation-citywide-air-pollution-beijing
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/jin-feng-wang
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mao-gui-hu
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/cheng-dong-xu-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/plos-one
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-pollution
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/china
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/urban-air-quality
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/air-quality-monitoring
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/geographical-information-systems-gis
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution