The spatial statistics formalism applied to mapping electromagnetic radiation in urban areas

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 311-322

  Paniagua, Jesus M ^a   Rufo, Montaña ^a   Jimenez, Antonio ^a   Antolin, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic pollution mapping; Exposure assessment; Non ionizing radiation; Uncertainty estimation; Urban environment; Variographic analysis

Indexed keywords

ELECTRO MAGNETIC POLLUTION; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; NONIONIZING RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; VARIOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

DATA HANDLING; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IONIZING RADIATION;

SAMPLING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAPPING; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION MONITORING; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84872001204     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2555-7     Document Type: Article

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