Ground-level ozone mapping in large urban areas using multivariate statistical analysis: Application to the são paulo metropolitan area

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 553-559

  Guardani, Roberto ^a   Aguiar, Jose L ^a   Nascimento, Claudio A O ^a   Lacava, Carlos ^b   Yanagi, Yoshio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Environ Sanitation/Technol Agency   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; IMPURITIES; METEOROLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

POLLUTANT GASES;

OZONE;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0037495138     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2003.10466188     Document Type: Article

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