测绘通报 ›› 2017, Vol. 0 ›› Issue (8): 88-91.doi: 10.13474/j.cnki.11-2246.2017.0262

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Mapping Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Air Condition in Northeast China

WANG Rui1, ZHOU Mengjie1, WANG Yiheng1, LIU Yaolin1,2,3   

  1. 1. School of Resource and Environmental Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Geographic Information Systems, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China;
    3. Collaborative Innovation Center for Geospatial Information Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
  • Received:2016-12-30 Online:2017-08-25 Published:2017-08-29

Abstract: The development of industry in China heavily depends on high energy consumption and high pollution industries, such as coal, steel, electricity, transportation and other traditional polluting industries, which cause serious environmental pollution problems. Northeast is an important heavy chemical industry base and one of the main grain industry producing areas in China. The ecological environment, especially the air quality of northeast China is of great importance. The focus of this study is to create a map representing the spatial temporal pattern of the air condition in northeast China. A calendar view is used to visualize the daily condition of air quality and primary pollutant in each city in 2015, the visualization also adds geographic-referenced information to enable them to express the spatial relationship between the cities. The air condition map provides an efficient way to investigate and understand the current status of air quality and spatial-temporal patterns of air condition in northeast China. This method is helpful for identifying major air pollution issues, raising public awareness of environmental protection, and making an air pollution abatement policy.

Key words: air condition, geographic visualization, spatial-temporal pattern, point grid map

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