Have meteorological conditions reduced NO2 concentrations from local emission sources in Gothenburg?

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 275-286

  Tang, Lin ^a,b   Rayner, David ^b   Haeger Eugensson, Marie ^a  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dispersion conditions; Gothenburg; Linear regression model; NO2 concentrations; Statistic downscaling; Synoptic regression model

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEAN; ANNUAL VARIABILITY; DISPERSION CONDITION; GOTHENBURG; LIMIT VALUES; LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; LOCAL EMISSIONS; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MODEL COMPARISON; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSIONS; PEAK CONCENTRATIONS; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; SYNOPTIC-REGRESSION MODEL; URBAN BACKGROUND; VALIDATION PERIODS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; LINEAR REGRESSION;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; DISPERSION; DOWNSCALING; EMISSION CONTROL; EUROPEAN UNION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; OSCILLATION; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WIND; WINTER;

GOTEBORG; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 80053606998     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-011-0789-6     Document Type: Article

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