Estimating PM2.5 concentrations in Xi'an City using a generalized additive model with multi-source monitoring data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Song, Yong Ze ^a   Yang, Hong Lei ^a   Peng, Jun Huan ^a   Song, Yi Rong ^b   Sun, Qian ^c   Li, Yuan ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84951335262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142149     Document Type: Article

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