Modeling the space/time distribution of particulate matter in Thailand and optimizing its monitoring network

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 7788-7805

  Puangthongthub, Sitthichok ^a,b   Wangwongwatana, Supat ^c   Kamens, Richard M ^a   Serre, Marc L ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bayesian maximum entropy; Monitoring network; Particulate matter; PM10; Space time analysis; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

BAYESIAN MAXIMUM ENTROPY (BME); MONITORING NETWORK; PARTICULATE MATTER; SPACE-TIME ANALYSIS;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; GEOSTATISTICS; HEALTH RISK; MONITORING; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ENTROPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THAILAND;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

EID: 35548993241     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.06.051     Document Type: Article

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