Air pollution prediction models of particles, As, Cd, Ni and Pb in a highly industrialized area in Castellón (NE, Spain)

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 879-888

  Vicente, A B ^a   Jordan M M ^b   Sanfeliu, T ^a   Sanchez A ^b   Esteban, Ma D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Ambient air; ARIMA prediction models; Heavy metals; PM10; Public health; TSP

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTANTS; CERAMIC PRODUCTION; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS POLLUTANTS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MINERAL MATERIALS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONMETALLIC MINERALS; NORTH AFRICA; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PM10; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; POTENTIAL RISKS; PREDICTION MODEL; PREDICTIVE MODELS; QUARTZ FIBER FILTERS; RE-SUSPENSION; SHORT TERM PREDICTION; STATISTICAL SOFTWARE; TIME SERIES MODELS; TSP;

AIR POLLUTION; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; GLASS FIBERS; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; FILTER; GRAVIMETRY; HEAVY METAL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; METEOROLOGY; MINERAL; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESUSPENSION; RISK FACTOR; SOFTWARE; TOXICITY;

CASTELLON; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; NORTH AFRICA; SPAIN;

EID: 84861198074     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1298-z     Document Type: Article

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