A new approach to the prediction of PM10 concentrations in central Anatolia region, Turkey

Atmospheric Pollution Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 735-741

  Ozel, Gamze ^a   Cakmakyapan, Selen ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Air pollutant; Air pollution; Meteorology; Particulate matter (PM); Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940197971     PISSN: 13091042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5094/APR.2015.082     Document Type: Article

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