Impact of China’s Recent Amendments to Air Quality Monitoring Protocol on Reported Trends
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Conversion Formula
2.3. Effects on Reported Concentrations
2.4. Literature Search
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Gaseous Pollutants
3.2. Annual PM2.5 Averages
3.3. Seasonal PM2.5 Averages
3.4. Interannual PM2.5 Trends
3.5. Relevant Literature
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Jin, L.; Wang, B.; Shi, G.; Seyler, B.C.; Qiao, X.; Deng, X.; Jiang, X.; Yang, F.; Zhan, Y. Impact of China’s Recent Amendments to Air Quality Monitoring Protocol on Reported Trends. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 1199. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111199
Jin L, Wang B, Shi G, Seyler BC, Qiao X, Deng X, Jiang X, Yang F, Zhan Y. Impact of China’s Recent Amendments to Air Quality Monitoring Protocol on Reported Trends. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(11):1199. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111199
Chicago/Turabian StyleJin, Lei, Bin Wang, Guangming Shi, Barnabas C. Seyler, Xue Qiao, Xunfei Deng, Xia Jiang, Fumo Yang, and Yu Zhan. 2020. "Impact of China’s Recent Amendments to Air Quality Monitoring Protocol on Reported Trends" Atmosphere 11, no. 11: 1199. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111199