Using three methods to investigate time-scaling properties in air pollution indexes time series

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 693-707

  Kai, Shi ^a   Chun qiong, Liu ^a   Nan shan, Ai ^a   Xiao hong, Zhang ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Detrended fluctuation analysis; Persistence; Pollution index; Rescaled range analysis; Scale invariance; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; SPECTRAL DENSITY; TEMPORAL LOGIC;

AIR POLLUTION INDEXES (API); DETRENDED FLUCTUATION ANALYSIS (DFA); PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION INDEX; RESCALED RANGE ANALYSIS; SCALE INVARIANCES;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 37249058830     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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