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© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00053-7
Relation between variation in amount of air pollution
in South Korea and precipitation decrease in North Korea
Xiong Li & Juan-Mei Liang
Guangxi Meteorological Service Center, Nanning, P.R. China
ABSTRACT: A spatial-temporal analysis is conducted using data of precipitation and visibility in sum-
mer from 1980 to 2010 over the Korean peninsula, and finds that the variation in amount of air pollution
in South Korea has statistically significant correlation not only with the variation in amount of precipita-
tion in North Korea, but also with the variation in amount of precipitation decrease in North Korea. The ...