A GIS-based method for modelling air pollution exposures across Europe

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-266

  Vienneau, D ^a   de Hoogh, K ^a   Briggs, D ^a  

^a Imperial College London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Exposure; GIS; Modelling; Nitrogen dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; AIR POLLUTION MAPS; ANNUAL AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; ANNUAL MEAN; FRACTIONAL BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC AREAS; GIS MODELLING; HIGH RESOLUTION; LAND COVER; LAND USE REGRESSION; MEASURES OF PERFORMANCE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MONITORING SITES; MOVING WINDOW; NITROGEN DIOXIDES; ORDINARY KRIGING; ROAD DENSITY; TRAFFIC STATISTICS; UNIVERSAL KRIGING;

AIR QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POLLUTION; TRAFFIC SURVEYS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GIS; KRIGING; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LAND USE; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 71749084837     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.09.048     Document Type: Article

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