Temporal trends and weekend-weekday differences for benzene and 1,3-butadiene in Houston, Texas

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 4711-4724

  Reiss, Richard ^a  

^a Sciences International Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Benezene; Houston; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BUTADIENE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METEOROLOGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

1,3-BUTADIENE; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL (GAM); HOUSTON; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

BENZENE;

1,3 BUTADIENE; BENZENE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); METEOROLOGY; MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

HOUSTON; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745739877     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.04.023     Document Type: Article

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