Locally weighted least squares kernel regression and statistical evaluation of LIDAR measurements

Environmetrics

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-416

  Holst, Ulla ^a   Hössjer, Ola ^a   Björklund, Claes ^a   Ragnarson, Pär ^a   Edner, Hans ^a  

^a LUND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

air pollution; atmospheric atomic mercury; geothermal field; LIDAR measurements; locally weighted least squares regression

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SPECIES; DISTRIBUTION; GEOTHERMAL FIELD; KERNEL REGRESSION; LIDAR; MERCURY; REGRESSION;

EID: 0029659760     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-095X(199607)7:4<401::AID-ENV221>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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