Management of air quality monitoring using principal component and cluster analysis-Part I: SO2 and PM10

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1249-1260

  Pires, J C M ^a   Sousa, S I V ^a   Pereira, M C ^a   Alvim Ferraz, M C M ^a   Martins, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Particulate matter; Principal components analysis; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORK (AQMN); MASS CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR QUALITY;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EMISSION; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTO [PORTO (DST)]; PORTO [PORTUGAL]; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 38749135794     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.10.044     Document Type: Article

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