Research Article

Characteristics and Meteorological Factors of Severe Haze Pollution in China

Table 1

Longitude-latitude, regional category, number of background sites, and available monitoring sites of 30 provincial capitals in China.

City nameLongitudeLatitudeRegionBackground sitesAvailable sites

Changsha (CS)112.9828.20Central110
Wuhan (WH)114.2930.57Central111
Zhengzhou (ZZ)113.6534.76Central19
Fuzhou (FZ)119.3026.08East17
Hangzhou (HZ)120.1630.27East111
Hefei (HF)117.2831.86East110
Jinan (JN)117.0136.67East415
Nanchang (NC)115.9028.68East19
Nanjing (NJ)118.7732.05East413
Shanghai (SH)121.4731.24East110
Beijing (BJ)116.3839.92North112
Hohhot (HT)111.6640.82North08
Shijiazhuang (SJZ)114.4938.05North19
Taiyuan (TY)112.5737.87North210
Tianjin (TJ)117.2039.13North115
Changchun (CC)125.3243.89Northeast110
Harbin (HB)126.6445.74Northeast113
Shengyang (SY)123.4141.80Northeast313
Lanzhou (LZ)91.1329.66Northwest15
Urumqi (UQ)87.6143.79Northwest18
Xi'an (XA)108.9534.26Northwest113
Xining (XN)101.7936.61Northwest25
Yinchuan (YC)106.2738.47Northwest16
Guangzhou (GZ)113.2623.12South112
Nanning (NN)108.3122.81South18
Chengdu (CD)104.0830.66Southwest19
Chongqin (CQ)106.5129.56Southwest117
Guiyang (GY)106.7126.58Southwest110
Kunmin (KM)102.7025.04Southwest28
Lhasa (LS)103.7536.07Southwest06