Properties of aerosol signature size distributions in the urban environment as derived by cluster analysis

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 61, Issue , 2012, Pages 350-360

  Wegner, Tobias ^a,b   Hussein, Tareq ^c,d   Hämeri, Kaarle ^d   Vesala, Timo ^d   Kulmala, Markku ^d   Weber, Stephan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Helsinki; Meteorology; Particle; Signature size distribution; Source apportionment

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL NUMBER SIZE DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL SIZE; ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS; ANNUAL CYCLE; CHARACTERISTIC SIZE; CLUSTER ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER DISTRIBUTIONS; CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DATA SETS; HELSINKI; HELSINKI , FINLAND; K-MEANS; LOG-NORMAL; NUMBER OF CLUSTERS; SOURCE APPORTIONMENT; TIME OF DAY; TOTAL NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES; URBAN BACKGROUND; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VALIDITY TESTS;

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); STATISTICAL TESTS; URBAN GROWTH;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA SET; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA;

FINLAND; HELSINKI; VARSINAIS-SUOMI;

EID: 84865099490     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.07.048     Document Type: Article

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