Spatial modeling for air pollution monitoring network design: Example of residential woodsmoke

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 893-900

  Su, Jason G ^a   Larson, Timothy ^a,b   Baribeau, Anne Marie ^a   Brauer, Michael ^a   Rensing, Michael ^c   Buzzelli, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

^c Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMBUSTION; CONDITION MONITORING; POLLUTION CONTROL; SMOKE;

NETWORK DESIGN; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WOODSMOKE EMISSIONS;

AIR POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; NIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; SURFACE PROPERTY; VALIDATION STUDY; WINTER; WOOD;

EID: 34548268635     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.8.893     Document Type: Article

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