Long-term and short-term forecast models for Poaceae (grass) pollen in Poznań, Poland, constructed using regression analysis

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 323-332

  Stach, A ^a   Smith, M ^a,b   Prieto Baena, J C ^a,b   Emberlin, J ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WORCESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daily counts; Forecast models; Grass pollen; North Atlantic Oscillation; Regression analysis; Seasonal characteristics

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SURVEY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIURNAL VARIATION; FORECASTING METHOD; GRASS; MODELING; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; POZNAN [POLAND];

POACEAE;

EID: 39649116681     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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