Uncertainty assessment of Voc emissions from paint in the Netherlands using the Nusap system

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 105, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 229-259

  van der Sluijs, Jeroen P ^a   Risbey, James S ^b   Ravetz, Jerry ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Research Methods Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data quality; Emission monitoring; NUSAP; Pedigree; Quality control; Quality evaluation; Uncertainty; VOC

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PAINT; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

NUSAP SYSTEM; SCRUTINIZATION; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; VOC EMISSIONS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

PAINT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; POLLUTION MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAINT; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNCERTAINTY; VOLATILIZATION;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21044436822     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-3697-7     Document Type: Article

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