Twelve-Year Trends of PM₁₀ and Visibility in the Hefei Metropolitan Area of China

Figure 5

(a) Statistical box chart of long-term trends for the visibility in Hefei during the period from 2001 to 2012. The range of the box represents the interquartile range of the data. (b) The worst 20% and 50% and best 20% region-average visibility trends in Hefei during the period from 2001 to 2012. Dashed lines are the linear regression curves of the corresponding trend lines.

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