Study of the correlation between the near-ground PM10 mass concentration and the aerosol optical depth

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1883-1889

  Filip, Luminita ^a   Stefan, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; Linear regression; Particulate matter; Statistical correlation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEGREE OF CONFIDENCE; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH FACTOR; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; MASS CONCENTRATION; NEAR-SURFACE; OPTICAL OBSERVATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PHOTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; SPATIAL COVERAGE; STATISTICAL CORRELATION; SUN-PHOTOMETERS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AIR QUALITY; DRIERS (MATERIALS); OPTICAL CORRELATION; PHOTOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 79961030872     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2011.04.027     Document Type: Article

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