The Temporal Evolution of PM2.5 Pollution Events in Taiwan: Clustering and the Association with Synoptic Weather
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Data and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Hierarchical Clustering
3.2. Case Study
3.2.1. Case Study: January 2006
3.2.2. Case Study: October 2006
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Su, S.-H.; Chang, C.-W.; Chen, W.-T. The Temporal Evolution of PM2.5 Pollution Events in Taiwan: Clustering and the Association with Synoptic Weather. Atmosphere 2020, 11, 1265. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111265
Su S-H, Chang C-W, Chen W-T. The Temporal Evolution of PM2.5 Pollution Events in Taiwan: Clustering and the Association with Synoptic Weather. Atmosphere. 2020; 11(11):1265. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111265
Chicago/Turabian StyleSu, Shih-Hao, Chiao-Wei Chang, and Wei-Ting Chen. 2020. "The Temporal Evolution of PM2.5 Pollution Events in Taiwan: Clustering and the Association with Synoptic Weather" Atmosphere 11, no. 11: 1265. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11111265