Robust extraction of baseline signal of atmospheric trace species using local regression

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2613-2624

  Ruckstuhl, A F ^a   Henne, S ^b   Reimann, S ^b   Steinbacher, M ^b   Vollmer, M K ^b   O'Doherty, S ^c   Buchmann, B ^b   Hueglin, C ^b  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BASELINE SURVEY; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARBON MONOXIDE; FIELD METHOD; MONITORING; SIGNAL;

BERN [SWITZERLAND]; CONNACHT; COUNTY GALWAY; IRELAND; JUNGFRAUJOCH; MACE HEAD; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84868711632     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-5-2613-2012     Document Type: Article

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