Spatial interpolation of air pollution measurements using CORINE land cover data

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 4884-4903

  Janssen, Stijn ^a   Dumont, Gerwin ^b   Fierens, Frans ^b   Mensink, Clemens ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Interregional Environment Agency   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Air quality assessment; CORINE land cover; Interpolation model; Kriging

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; EUROPIUM; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INTERPOLATION; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; MAPS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROJECTORS; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RHENIUM; SET THEORY;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; AIR POLLUTION MEASUREMENTS; AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CORINE LAND COVER; DATA SETS; DRIVING FORCES; ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (EA); EVOLUTION (CO); HISTORICAL DATA; KRIGING INTERPOLATION; KRIGING MODELS; LIMIT VALUES; ORDINARY KRIGING (OK); POPULATION EXPOSURE; REAL TIME ASSESSMENTS; SPATIAL INTERPOLATION; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; INTERPOLATION; KRIGING; LAND COVER; MAPPING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REAL TIME;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; LAND USE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 45449095890     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.02.043     Document Type: Article

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