Investigation of geographical and temporal distribution of tropospheric ozone in Catalonia (North-East Spain) during the period 2000-2004 using multivariate data analysis methods

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 38, 2006, Pages 7421-7436

  Felipe Sotelo, M ^a   Gustems, L ^b   Hernandez I ^b   Terrado, M ^a   Tauler, R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b Generalitat de Catalunya ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemometrics; Multivariate curve resolution; Multivariate data analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; METEOROLOGICAL PROBLEMS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMOMETRICS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MULTIVARIATE CURVE RESOLUTION; MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS;

OZONE;

CARBON MONOXIDE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OZONE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRECIPITATION; PRESSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TROPOSPHERE; WIND;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33750210929     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.07.013     Document Type: Article

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