Investigating the influence of synoptic-scale meteorology on air quality using self-organizing maps and generalized additive modelling

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 128-136

  Pearce, John L ^a   Beringer, Jason ^a   Nicholls, Neville ^a   Hyndman, Rob J ^a   Uotila, Petteri ^a   Tapper, Nigel J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Generalized additive models; Self organizing maps; Synoptic climatology

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT CONCENTRATIONS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; EXPLANATORY POWER; FUTURE CLIMATE; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; LONG-TERM TREND; MEAN SEA LEVEL PRESSURES; MELBOURNE; MELBOURNE , AUSTRALIA; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL AIR QUALITY; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SYNOPTIC CIRCULATIONS; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TEMPORAL PERSISTENCE; UNIFIED APPROACH;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONFORMAL MAPPING; POLLUTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; SEA LEVEL; TIME SERIES;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE;

AIR QUALITY; ANTICYCLONE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEASONALITY; SELF ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE; METEOROLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF ORGANIZING MAP;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 78449252417     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.09.032     Document Type: Article

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