A statistical assessment of saturation and mobile sampling strategies to estimate long-term average concentrations across urban areas

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1396-1406

  Xu, Xiaohong ^a   Brook, Jeffrey R ^b   Guo, Yanshan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; MOBILE SAMPLING STRATEGIES; URBAN AREAS;

AIR QUALITY;

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 36348942299     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.11.1396     Document Type: Article

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