A statistical method to estimate PM2.5 concentrations from meteorology and its application to the effect of climate change

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3537-3585

  Lecœur, Ève ^a   Seigneur, Christian ^a   Pagé, Christian ^b   Terray, Laurent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b CERFACS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHMS; METEOROLOGY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; METEOROLOGICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; PM2.5; PSEUDO-OBSERVATIONS; SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL ALGORITHM; WEATHER TYPES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; METEOROLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; EUROPE;

EID: 84898827969     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JD021172     Document Type: Article

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