Spatial correlation of automatic air quality monitoring at urban background sites: Implications for network design

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 121-132

  Harrison, R M ^a   Deacon, A R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Broomhill House ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic monitoring; Network design; Public health

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SULFUR DETERMINATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS; AUTOMATIC MONITORING; CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE; NETWORK DESIGN; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS;

URBAN GROWTH;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0031941337     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331908616664     Document Type: Article

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