Optimal design of a multi-pollutant air quality monitoring network in a metropolitan region using Kaohsiung, Taiwan as an example

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-148

  Chang, Ni Bin ^a   Tseng, C C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air quality; Environmental systems analysis; Monitoring network

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS (AQMN); ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; COSTS; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STANDARDS;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MONITORING SYSTEM;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0033026395     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005992712569     Document Type: Article

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