Mobile monitoring for mapping spatial variation in urban air quality: Development and validation of a methodology based on an extensive dataset

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 105, Issue , 2015, Pages 148-161

  Van den Bossche, Joris ^a,b   Peters, Jan ^a   Verwaeren, Jan ^b   Botteldooren, Dick ^b   Theunis, Jan ^a   De Baets, Bernard ^b  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Black carbon; High resolution; Mapping; Mobile monitoring; Spatial variation; Urban air quality

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BLACK CARBON; HIGH RESOLUTION; MOBILE MONITORING; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; URBAN AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY;

BLACK CARBON;

AIR QUALITY; BLACK CARBON; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; MODEL VALIDATION; POLLUTION MONITORING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AEROFLEX; AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA PROCESSING; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANTWERP [BELGIUM]; BELGIUM;

EID: 84921873608     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.017     Document Type: Article

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