Evaluation of hierarchical agglomerative cluster analysis methods for discrimination of primary biological aerosol

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4979-4991

  Crawford, I ^a   Ruske, S ^a   Topping, D O ^a   Gallagher, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; BACTERIUM; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; CARBON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ASSIMILATION; DATA SET; FUNGUS; LABORATORY METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROMETER; SPORE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84948706252     PISSN: 18671381     EISSN: 18678548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/amt-8-4979-2015     Document Type: Article

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