Investigating the observed sensitivities of air-quality extremes to meteorological drivers via quantile regression

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 10349-10366

  Porter, W C ^a   Heald, C L ^a   Cooley, D ^b   Russell, B ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; METEOROLOGY; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84942163801     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-15-10349-2015     Document Type: Article

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