Review Article

Addition of PM2.5 into the National Ambient Air Quality Standards of China and the Contribution to Air Pollution Control: The Case Study of Wuhan, China

Table 3

Breakdown of the number of days in terms of primary pollutants.

Primary pollutantNumber of daysPercentage

PM2.512573.10%
PM10169.36%
O32715.79%
NO263.51%
Total171 a100% a

On 8 March 2013, both PM2.5 and PM10 are listed as the primary pollutants as they had the same index value.