Categorisation of air quality monitoring stations by evaluation of PM10 variability

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2015, Pages 225-236

  Barrero, M A ^a   Orza, J A G ^b   Cabello, M ^b,c   Canton L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation function; Classification; Evolution patterns; Monitoring stations; PM10 time series

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AUTOCORRELATION; POLLUTION DETECTION; QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TIME SERIES;

AIR QUALITY MONITORING NETWORKS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS; AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CLASSIFICATION CRITERION; EVOLUTION PATTERNS; K - MEANS CLUSTERING; MONITORING STATIONS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTOCORRELATION; EMISSION INVENTORY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION MONITORING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERIODICITY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SUBURBAN AREA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BASQUE COUNTRY [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84927714610     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.03.138     Document Type: Article

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