Analysis of carbon dioxide concentration skewness at a rural site

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 476-477, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-164

  Pérez, Isidro A ^a   Sánchez, M Luisa ^a   García, M Ángeles ^a   Ozores, Marta ^a   Pardo, Nuria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kernel regression; Robust statistics; Triangular distribution

Indexed keywords

HIGHER ORDER STATISTICS; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; WIND;

CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATIONS; CONCENTRATION DISTRIBUTIONS; KERNEL REGRESSION; KERNEL-SMOOTHING METHOD; RIGHT-SKEWED DISTRIBUTIONS; ROBUST STATISTICS; SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; TRIANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSION; POLLUTANT SOURCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SKEWNESS; TURBULENCE; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; KERNEL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PLANT PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKEWNESS COEFFICIENT; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WIND;

CO(2) DISTRIBUTION; KERNEL REGRESSION; ROBUST STATISTICS; TRIANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

EID: 84892897539     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.019     Document Type: Article

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