Development and application of artificial neural network modeling in forecasting PM10 levels in a Mediterranean city

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Moustris, K P ^a   Larissi, I K ^a   Nastos, P T ^b   Koukouletsos, K V ^a   Paliatsos, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Athens; Greece

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; WIND;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING; ATHENS; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATIONS; GREECE; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATIONAL TECHNIQUES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORECASTING METHOD; MODELING; PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FORECASTING; FUZZY LOGIC; GREATER ATHENS AREA; GREECE; HUMIDITY; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; VELOCITY; WIND;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84883732315     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1634-x     Document Type: Article

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