Air pollution forecasting in Ankara, Turkey using air pollution index and its relation to assimilative capacity of the atmosphere

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 166, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 11-27

  Genc, D Deniz ^a   Yesilyurt, Canan ^b   Tuncel, Gurdal ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollution index; Assimilative capacity; Forecasting; Multiple linear regression; Urban air pollution; Ventilation coefficient

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION INDEX; ANKARA , TURKEY; ASSIMILATIVE CAPACITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME PERIODS; TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY; POLLUTION; VENTILATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

LINEAR REGRESSION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORECASTING METHOD; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRACER; URBAN POLLUTION;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION INDEX; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXHAUST GAS; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATMOSPHERE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TURKEY;

ANKARA [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 77954144269     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-009-0981-y     Document Type: Article

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