Summary of the Beijing PM2.5 Dataset

In the urban and rural parts of many nations, the primary pollutant, fine particulate matter, is the cause of many health risks in humans and also affects climate change. In particular, PM2.5, defined as an airborne particle with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 µm, is the major category of atmospheric particulate matter. Various studies have linked PM2.5 with serious health problems such as heart attack and lung morbidity. The table in this section shows the types of atmospheric particulate matter and their size distribution in micrometers.

In this and the remaining chapters, we will use the dataset published by the authors of the research paper, Assessing Beijing's PM2.5 pollution: severity, weather impact, APEC and winter heating, where they use hourly PM2.5 readings taken at the US Embassy in Beijing located at 116.47 E, 39.95 N in conjunction with hourly meteorological measurements at Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), obtained...