AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF PM10 PARTICULATE MATTER RELATIONSHIPS WITH WEATHER DATA AND SPATIAL VARIATION

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Hormann S., Pfeiler B. & Stadlober E. Analysis and prediction of particulate matter PM10 for the winter season in Graz, Austrian Journal of Statistics, Vol. 34/issue 4, pp 307–326, 2005.

Iordache S. & Dunea D. Cross-spectrum analysis applied to air pollution time series from several urban areas of Romania, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol.12/issue 4, pp 677– 684, 2013.

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Nicolescu C., Gorghiu G., Buruleanu L., Dunea D. & Moise V. An analyze of the pollution level through dispersion curves of the pollutants in air, Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference on Waste Management, Water Pollution, Air Pollution and Indoor Climate - WWAI′08, Greece, pp 229–234, 2008.

Hooyberghs J., Mensink C., Dumont G., Fierens F. & Brasseur O. A neural network forecast for daily average PM 10 concentrations in Belgium, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 39, pp 3279–3289, 2005.

European Commission. Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the regions, A Clean Air Programme for Europe, http://eur- lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do uri=COM:2013:0918:FIN:EN:PDF

OECD. The OECD Environment Outlook 2050: The Consequences of Inaction, http://www.oecd.org/environment/oecdenvironmentaloutlookto2050theconsequencesofi naction.htm

Ward D.J. & Ayres J.G. Particulate air pollution and panel studies in children: a systematic review, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 61/issue 13, 2004.

Henschel S., Atkinson R., Zeka A., Le Tertre A., Analitis A., Katsouyanni K., Chanel O., Pascal M., Forsberg B., Medina S. & Goodman P.G. Air pollution interventions and their impact on public hea lth, International Journal of Public Health, Vol. 57/issue 5, pp 757–768, 2012.

Briggs D. Environmental pollution and the global burden of disease, British Medical Bulletin, Vol. 68, pp 1–24, 2003.

Ministry of Environment and Climate Changes, National Environmental Protection Agency. National report on the state of environment in 2012, Bucharest - 2013, http://www.anpm.ro/upload/118686_State%20of%20Environment%20Report%20FINA L2012.pdf

Barmpadimos I., Hueglin C., Keller J., Henne S. & Prevot A.S.H. Influence of meteorology on PM 10 trends and variability in Switzerland from 1991 to 2008, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Vol. 11, pp 1813–1835, 2011.

Hormann S., Pfeiler B. & Stadlober E. Analysis and prediction of particulate matter PM10 for the winter season in Graz, Austrian Journal of Statistics, Vol. 34/issue 4, pp 307–326, 2005.

Iordache S. & Dunea D. Cross-spectrum analysis applied to air pollution time series from several urban areas of Romania, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, Vol.12/issue 4, pp 677– 684, 2013.

Romanian Air Quality Monitoring National Network – RNMCA website, http://www.calitateaer.ro

Nicolescu C., Gorghiu G., Buruleanu L., Dunea D. & Moise V. An analyze of the pollution level through dispersion curves of the pollutants in air, Proceedings of the 2 nd International Conference on Waste Management, Water Pollution, Air Pollution and Indoor Climate - WWAI′08, Greece, pp 229–234, 2008.

Hooyberghs J., Mensink C., Dumont G., Fierens F. & Brasseur O. A neural network forecast for daily average PM 10 concentrations in Belgium, Atmospheric Environment, Vol. 39, pp 3279–3289, 2005.