Utilizing map pattern classification and surface weather typing to relate climate to the Air Quality Index in Cleveland, Ohio

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 63, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-59

  Lee, Cameron C ^a   Ballinger, Thomas J ^a   Domino, Natalia A ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; AQI; Circulation patterns; SSC; Synoptic climatology; Weather types

Indexed keywords

AQI; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; SSC; SYNOPTIC CLIMATOLOGY; WEATHER TYPES;

CLIMATOLOGY; POLLUTION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WEATHER;

AIR QUALITY; AIR QUALITY INDEX; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL SYNOPTIC CLASSIFICATION; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

CLEVELAND [OHIO]; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867116754     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.024     Document Type: Article

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