Applying quality assurance procedures to environmental monitoring data: A case study

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 774-781

  Houston, Tracy Durrant ^a   Hiederer, Roland ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 64549094701     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b818274b     Document Type: Article

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