Comparative study of air quality surveillance networks in Hong Kong

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 935-945

  Wu, Helen W Y ^a   Chan, L Y ^b  

^a Hong Kong Technical College   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Network rationalization; Representativeness; Spatial correlation; Spatiotemporal variation

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY SURVEILLANCE NETWORK; HONG KONG; NETWORK RATIONALIZATION; REPRESENTATIVENESS; SPATIAL CORRELATION; SPATIO TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; CORRELATION METHODS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; HONG KONG; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031128469     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00301-9     Document Type: Article

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