Climatology and forecast modeling of ambient carbon monoxide in Phoenix, Arizona

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 5023-5036

  Comrie, Andrew C ^a   Diem, Jeremy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution forecast; Climate; Inversion; Statistical modeling; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; CARBON MONOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ERROR STATISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

UNITED STATES;

PHOENIX;

EID: 0032599709     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00314-3     Document Type: Article

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