Spatial Distributions of Urban Atmospheric Particulate Concentrations∗
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8376397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | F DOUGLAS MUSCHETT (Syracuse University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 552-565 |
| Publication date | 1981-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annals of the Association of American Geographers (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0004-5608 • E-ISSN: 1467-8306 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1981.tb01374.x |
| OpenAlex | W2017953609 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 2 |
Although spatial variations in ambient air quality are important to human health and efforts to improve air quality, a historical lack of data has hampered spatial analysis of air quality. The mapping of recent ambient atmospheric particulate monitoring data in ten urban areas reveals certain similarities, including concentric patterns and localized maxima and minima. More detailed analyses utilizing a stratified random sampling of the concentration isopleths reveal two important conclusions. First, existing monitoring data are not spatially representative, but rather tend to overestimate both average and extreme areawide concentrations. Second, particulate concentrations are approximately lognormally distributed in space. This latter result can be explained by distribution of areal land uses rather than by physical factors
Air quality index · Atmospheric sciences · Geography · Meteorology · Particulates · Physical geography · Physics · Remote sensing · Sampling (signal processing) · Spatial distribution · Spatial variability · Statistics · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Ecology · Environmental Science · Geology · Mathematics · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Vehicle emissions and performance
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1982 - 1985 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |