Studying the time scale dependence of environmental variables predictability using fractal analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4629-4634

  Yuval, ^a   Broday, David M ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORMS; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DIFFERENT TIME SCALE; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTALITY; GENERAL TRENDS; HURST PARAMETER; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PREDICTIVE POWER; SEASONAL SCALE; SELF AFFINITY; SHORT TIME SCALE; TEMPORAL SCALE; TIME-SCALE DEPENDENCE; TIME-SCALES;

AIR QUALITY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRACTALS; TIME MEASUREMENT; TIME SERIES; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECISION MAKING; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIMESCALE; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL TIME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENT; FRACTALS; NITRITES; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFITES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WIND;

EID: 77953532194     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903495q     Document Type: Article

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