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标题：Statistical analysis and estimation of the regional trend of aerosol size over the Arabian Gulf Region during 2002–2016
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作者：Alina Barbulescu ; Yousef Nazzal ; Fares Howari 等
期刊名称：Scientific Reports
电子版ISSN：2045-2322
出版年度：2018
卷号：8
期号：1
页码：9571
DOI：10.1038/s41598-018-27727-0
语种：English
出版社：Springer Nature
摘要：In this article, we present the results of the regional estimation of the evolution of monthly mean aerosol size over the Arabian Gulf Region, based on the data collected during the period July 2002 - September 2016. The dataset used is complete, without missing values. Two methods are introduced for this purpose. The first one is based on the partition of the regional series in sub-series and the selection of the most representative one for fitting the regional trend. The second one is a version of the first method, combined with the k-means clustering algorithm. Comparison of their performances is also provided. The study proves that both methods give a very good estimation of the evolution of the aerosol size in the Arabian Gulf Region in the study period.