Hybrid Model for Urban Air Pollution Forecasting: A Stochastic Spatio-Temporal Approach

Mathematical Geosciences

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 75-93

  Russo, Ana ^a   Soares, Amílcar O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Air quality; Neural networks; PM10; Stochastic simulation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; COMPLEX NETWORKS; METEOROLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POLLUTION; QUALITY CONTROL; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR POLLUTION EPISODES; CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; SPATIAL STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL APPROACH; SPATIO-TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; STOCHASTIC SIMULATIONS; UNCERTAINTY;

FORECASTING;

EID: 84906705476     PISSN: 18748961     EISSN: 18748953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-013-9483-0     Document Type: Article

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