Cluster analysis of roadside ultrafine particle size distributions

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 70, Issue , 2013, Pages 64-74

  Sabaliauskas, Kelly ^a   Jeong, Cheol Heon ^a   Yao, Xiaohong ^a   Jun, Yun Seok ^a   Evans, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clustering; K means; Particle size distribution; Ultrafine particles

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL ROADWAYS; CLUSTERING; DIURNAL PATTERN; FAST MOBILITY; K-MEANS; K-MEANS CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; MONITORING SITES; PARTICLE NUMBER CONCENTRATION; RELATIVE FREQUENCIES; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; TEMPORAL PATTERN; TORONTO; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE; WIND DIRECTIONS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICAL EQUIPMENT; CANADA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MOBILITY PARTICLE SIZER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ULTRAFINE PARTICLE SIZE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

EID: 84873283433     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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