Potentialities of quantile regression to predict ozone concentrations

Environmetrics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-158

  Sousa, S I V ^a   Pires, J C M ^a   Martins, F G ^a   Pereira, M C ^a   Alvim Ferraz, M C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Multiple linear regression model; Ozone concentration prediction; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEALTH CARE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 65249105049     PISSN: 11804009     EISSN: 1099095X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/env.916     Document Type: Article

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