Mapping and hazard assessment of atmospheric pollution in a medium sized urban area using the Rasch model and geostatistics techniques

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1408-1418

  Moral, Francisco J ^a   Álvarez, Pedro ^a   Canito, José L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS; Kriging; Pollutant; Regionalized variable; Variogram

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

KRIGING; POLLUTANT; REGIONALIZED VARIABLE; VARIOGRAM;

AIR POLLUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GEOSTATISTICS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAPPING; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; KRIGING; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASCH ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 31944438084     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.10.054     Document Type: Article

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