Spatiotemporal analysis of air conditions as a tool for the environmental management of a show cave (Cueva del Agua, Spain)

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 7378-7394

  Fernandez Cortes, A ^a   Calaforra, J M ^a   Sanchez Martos, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Convective air circulation; Environmental management; Karst; Kriging; Show cave

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE AIR CIRCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; KARST; KRIGING; SHOW CAVE;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIR TEMPERATURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOSTATISTICS; KRIGING; MICROCLIMATE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; MICROCLIMATE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TOURISM;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; IZNALLOZ; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33749999599     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.06.045     Document Type: Article

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