Analysis of trends in tropospheric ozone in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 3413-3421

  Joe, H ^a   Steyn, D G ^a   Susko, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chi square bar statistic; High quantiles; Ozone; Trend detection

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ERRORS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHI SQUARE BAR STATISTIC; TREND DETECTION;

OZONE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANT; OZONE; TREND ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER VALLEY;

EID: 0030251172     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(96)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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