Comparisons of statistical characteristic of air pollutants in taiwan by frequency distribution

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 608-616

  Lu, Hsin Chung ^a  

^a HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; MODAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; PARTICULATE MATTERS (PM);

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY STANDARD; ARTICLE; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038170450     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473289.2003.10466194     Document Type: Article

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