Geostatistics as a validation tool for setting ozone standards for durum wheat

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 536-542

  De Marco, Alessandra ^a   Screpanti, Augusto ^a   Paoletti, Elena ^b  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental policy making; Environmental protection; Triticum durum; Tropospheric ozone

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; CENTRAL ITALY; DURUM WHEATS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY-MAKING; GEO-STATISTICS; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; OZONE STANDARDS; PLANT RESPONSE; TRITICUM; TROPOSPHERIC OZONE; VALIDATION TOOLS; YIELD LOSS;

OZONE; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

OZONE;

CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOSTATISTICS; OZONE; POLICY MAKING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARD (REFERENCE); STOMATA; TROPOSPHERE; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPE; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ITALY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ITALY; OZONE; RAIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 73549094943     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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