A holistic approach for optimal design of air quality monitoring network expansion in an urban area

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 432-440

  Mofarrah, Abdullah ^a   Husain, Tahir ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air quality monitoring network; Multiple criteria Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process; Spatial correlation coefficients; Triangular fuzzy numbers

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS; AMBIENT AIR QUALITY; CUT-OFF VALUE; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MONITORING LOCATIONS; MONITORING NETWORK; MONITORING STATIONS; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMUM NUMBER; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPHERE OF INFLUENCES; STATION LOCATION; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS; URBAN AREAS;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY RULES; FUZZY SETS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MONITORING;

AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL HIERARCHY PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; DESIGN METHOD; FUZZY MATHEMATICS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FUZZY SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

RIYADH [SAUDI ARABIA]; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 73749084670     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2009.07.045     Document Type: Article

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