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ArticleBiometrics2014

A spectral method for spatial downscaling.

Brian J Reich, Howard H Chang, Kristen M Foley

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Article in Biometrics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Assessing the health estimation capacity of air pollution exposure prediction models.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2022
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  5. Statistical downscaling with spatial misalignment: Application to wildland fire PMJournal of agricultural, biological, and environmental statistics · 2021
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Brian J ReichNorth Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Howard H Chang
Kristen M Foley

Funding

Space-time Modeling for Linking Climate Change,Pollutant Exposure, Built EnvironmR01ES014843 · NIEHS · NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH · PI REICH, BRIAN J. · 2008 to 2013
$2.0M
Spatial and Temporal Modeling of PM2.5 and Infant MorbidityR01ES019897 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI VIEIRA, VERONICA M · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
Statistical Methods for Exposure Uncertainty in Air Pollution and Health StudiesR21ES022795 · NIEHS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI CHANG, HOWARD H · 2014 to 2015
$442k
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES014843NIEHS NIH HHS R01ES014843NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES019897NIEHS NIH HHS R01ES019897NIEHS NIH HHS R21 ES022795NIEHS NIH HHS R21ES022795-01A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complex computer models play a crucial role in air quality research. These models are used to evaluate potential regulatory impacts of emission control strategies and to estimate air quality in areas without monitoring data. For both of these purposes, it is important to calibrate model output with monitoring data to adjust for model biases and improve spatial prediction. In this article, we propose a new spectral method to study and exploit complex relationships between model output and monitoring data. Spectral methods allow us to estimate the relationship between model output and monitoring data separately at different spatial scales, and to use model output for prediction only at the appropriate scales. The proposed method is computationally efficient and can be implemented using standard software. We apply the method to compare Community Multiscale Air Quality (CMAQ) model output with ozone measurements in the United States in July 2005. We find that CMAQ captures large-scale spatial trends, but has low correlation with the monitoring data at small spatial scales.

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Data Interpretation, StatisticalModels, StatisticalAir PollutionAlgorithmsComputer SimulationEnvironmental MonitoringOzoneReproducibility of ResultsSample SizeSensitivity and SpecificitySpatio-Temporal AnalysisUnited StatesOzoneComputer model outputData fusionKrigingMultiscale analysis

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PMID24965037
PMCPMC4276454

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