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Discussion on the new functions for estimating AOT40 from passive sampling

TitoloDiscussion on the new functions for estimating AOT40 from passive sampling
Tipo di pubblicazioneArticolo su Rivista peer-reviewed
Anno di Pubblicazione2014
AutoriDe Marco, Alessandra, Vitale M., Kilic U., Serengil Y., and Paoletti E.
RivistaAtmospheric Environment
Volume98
Paginazione704-706
ISSN13522310
Parole chiaveair monitoring, air quality standard, air sampling, AOT40 air quality standard, geostatistical analysis, note, statistical model
Abstract

We reply to the remarks by Ferretti etal. (2014) on our paper (De Marco etal., 2014) and demonstrate that: 1. the differences in estimating AOT40 by passive sampling when using the formula proposed by either Mazzali etal. (2002) or De Marco etal. (2014) are not statistically significant; 2. the inaccuracy of the Loibl approach does not strictly depend on the averaging period, as differences between weekly and biweekly calculations are not significant. We thus confirm the well-known uncertainties of AOT40 estimates based on the Loibl function and recommend further testing of the multi-variate statistical model proposed by De Marco etal. (2014). The main advantages of this modelling approach are the direct estimate of AOT40, the applicability at any elevation, and the use of simple geostatistical attributes that can be easily obtained at any location by GIS and existing databases. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

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URLhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84908021193&doi=10.1016%2fj.atmosenv.2014.09.027&partnerID=40&md5=3bec2db7b73f058ee5b6f7558becc357
DOI10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.09.027
Citation KeyDeMarco2014704