Screening the weekdays/weekend patterns of air pollutant concentrations recorded in Southeastern Romania

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3105-3114

  Dunea, Daniel ^a   Iordache, Ştefania ^a   Alexandrescu, Daniela Cristiana ^a   Dincá, Niculae ^b  

^a VALAHIA UNIVERSITY OF TARGOVISTE   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRONOMIC SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Automated monitoring station; Nitrogen oxides; Sulfur dioxide; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923319877     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2014.349     Document Type: Article

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