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Effects of Duststorms on the Air Pollution in Beijing

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The objective of this study was to investigate the air pollutionin Beijing before, during, and after duststorms occur. There aretwo different phenomena of air pollution in Beijing during a duststorm; one being related to the concentration of particulatematter and the second related to gaseous chemical pollutant concentrations. In this study, the concentrations of the chemicalpollutants, such as SO2, NOx and CO, were high prior to the occurrence of the duststorms. At the beginning of the two duststorms studied, the air quality related to these chemicalconstituents was improved due to a strong wind blowing away the chemical pollutants, which caused a decrease in the concentrations of SO2, CO and NOx. During the duststorm, the concentration of particulate matter, quantified by PM10, wasobserved to increase and the atmospheric visibility decreased.

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  1. Department of Resources and Environmental Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China (author for correspondence

    Xiuqi Fang & Yun Xie

  2. Systemic Department, Supervision and Monitoring Center on Environmental Protection in Beijing, Beijing, China

    Lingjun Li

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Fang, X., Xie, Y. & Li, L. Effects of Duststorms on the Air Pollution in Beijing. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution: Focus 3, 93–101 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023222003093

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