Meteorological normalisation and non-parametric smoothing for quality assessment and trend analysis of tropospheric ozone data

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 33-52

  Libiseller, C ^a   Grimvall, A ^a   Walden J ^b   Saari, H ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Background ozone; Level shifts; Natural fluctuation; Seasonal variation; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; DATA REDUCTION; ERROR ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

EUROPEAN MONITORING AND EVALUATION PROGRAMME (EMEP); METEOROLOGICAL NORMALIZATION; NON-PARAMETRIC SMOOTHING; STATISTICAL POST PROCESSING;

OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; OZONE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OZONE LAYER; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUALITY CONTROL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON;

OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; FORECASTING; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; OZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS;

EID: 18444382022     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-7059-2     Document Type: Article

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