Mobile measurements and regression modeling of the spatial particulate matter variability in an urban area

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 389-403

  Merbitz, Hendrik ^a   Fritz, Sabine ^a   Schneider, Christoph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Land use regression; Mobile air quality measurements; Particulate matter; Regression modeling; Urban air pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY MEASUREMENTS; LAND USE REGRESSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION MODELING; URBAN AIR POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HOMOGENEITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPRING; SUBURBAN AREA; SUMMER; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GERMANY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

AACHEN; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

EID: 84866719056     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.049     Document Type: Article

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