Bayesian mixture model estimation of aerosol particle size distributions

Environmetrics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-34

  Wraith, D ^a   Alston, C ^a   Mengersen, K ^a   Hussein, T ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Mixture model; Particle size distributions

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 78851471105     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.1020     Document Type: Article

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