The Spatiotemporal Distribution of Air Pollutants and Their Relationship with Land-Use Patterns in Hangzhou City, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Data Sources and Factors Selection
3.1. Data Sources
3.2. Factor Selection
4. Land-Use Factor Processing
4.1. Population Density
4.2. NDVI and LST
4.3. Urban Build-Up and Road Density
5. Spatiotemporal Distribution of Air Pollution in Hangzhou City
5.1. Temporal Distribution of Air Pollutants
5.2. Spatial Distribution of Air Pollutants
5.3. Spatial Interpolation of Air Pollutants
6. Results and Discussion
7. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflict of Interest
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Sites | Name of Site | Sites | Name of Site |
---|---|---|---|
Site 1 | Linpinzhen | Site 6 | Zhejiangnongda |
Site 2 | Xiasha | Site 7 | Wolongqiao |
Site 3 | Hemuxiaoxue | Site 8 | Binjiang |
Site 4 | Chaohuiwuqu | Site 9 | Chengxiangzhen |
Site 5 | Xixi | Site 10 | Yunqi |
Air Pollutants | Land Use | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PM2.5 | PM10 | SO2 | O3 | NO2 | CO | RD | CD | NDVI | LST | PD | |
PM2.5 | — | ||||||||||
PM10 | 0.780 ** | — | |||||||||
SO2 | 0.437 ** | 0.750 ** | — | ||||||||
O3 | 0.118 | −0.124 | 0.172 | — | |||||||
NO2 | 0.730 ** | 0.560 ** | 0.223 | 0.098 | — | ||||||
CO | 0.861 ** | 0.465 ** | −0.006 | 0.087 | 0.579 ** | — | |||||
RD | 0.394 ** | 0.450 ** | 0.318 * | 0.024 | 0.475 ** | 0.204 | — | ||||
BD | 0.784 ** | 0.667 ** | 0.191 | −0.246 | 0.628 ** | 0.688 ** | 0.447 ** | — | |||
NDVI | −0.187 | −0.294 * | −0.068 | 0.263 | −0.294 * | −0.084 | −0.455 ** | −0.514 ** | — | ||
LST | 0.670 ** | 0.685 ** | 0.487 ** | −0.113 | 0.461 ** | 0.471 ** | 0.509 ** | 0.772 ** | −0.312 * | — | |
PD | 0.551 ** | 0.415 ** | −0.082 | −0.333 * | 0.562 ** | 0.566 ** | 0.531 ** | 0.816 ** | −0.606 ** | 0.615 ** | — |
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Zheng, S.; Zhou, X.; Singh, R.P.; Wu, Y.; Ye, Y.; Wu, C. The Spatiotemporal Distribution of Air Pollutants and Their Relationship with Land-Use Patterns in Hangzhou City, China. Atmosphere 2017, 8, 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8060110
Zheng S, Zhou X, Singh RP, Wu Y, Ye Y, Wu C. The Spatiotemporal Distribution of Air Pollutants and Their Relationship with Land-Use Patterns in Hangzhou City, China. Atmosphere. 2017; 8(6):110. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8060110
Chicago/Turabian StyleZheng, Sheng, Xueyuan Zhou, Ramesh P. Singh, Yuzhe Wu, Yanmei Ye, and Cifang Wu. 2017. "The Spatiotemporal Distribution of Air Pollutants and Their Relationship with Land-Use Patterns in Hangzhou City, China" Atmosphere 8, no. 6: 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8060110
APA StyleZheng, S., Zhou, X., Singh, R. P., Wu, Y., Ye, Y., & Wu, C. (2017). The Spatiotemporal Distribution of Air Pollutants and Their Relationship with Land-Use Patterns in Hangzhou City, China. Atmosphere, 8(6), 110. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos8060110