A case study in preferential sampling: Long term monitoring of air pollution in the UK

Spatial Statistics

Volumn 9, Issue C, 2014, Pages 51-65

  Shaddick, Gavin ^a   Zidek, James V ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; INLA; Particulate matter; Preferential sampling; Spatio temporal modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965155979     PISSN: 22116753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spasta.2014.03.008     Document Type: Article

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