Assessment of the daily ragweed pollen concentration with previous-day meteorological variables using regression and quantile regression analysis for Szeged, Hungary

Aerobiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 247-259

  Makra, László ^a   Matyasovszky, István ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Median regression; Non rainy days; Nonparametric regression; Quantile regression; Rainy days; Time varying linear regression

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUNGARY; METEOROLOGY; NONHUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; POLLEN ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RAGWEED POLLEN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR FLUX;

AMBROSIA;

EID: 80051697524     PISSN: 03935965     EISSN: 15733025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10453-010-9194-7     Document Type: Article

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