Using discriminant analysis as a nucleation event classification method

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5549-5557

  Mikkonen, S ^a   Lehtinen, K E J ^a,b   Hamed, A ^a   Joutsensaari, J ^a   Facchini, M C ^c   Laaksonen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DATA SET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; NUCLEATION; OZONE; RADIATION BALANCE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TRACE GAS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845483141     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-5549-2006     Document Type: Article

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