Searching for optimal variables in real multivariate stochastic data
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2012

By implementing a recent technique for the determination of stochastic eigendirections of two coupled stochastic variables, we investigate the evolution of fluctuations of NO2 concentrations at two monitoring stations in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. We analyze the stochastic part of the measurements recorded at the monitoring stations by means of a method where the two concentrations are considered as stochastic variables evolving according to a system of coupled stochastic differential equations. Analysis of their structure allows for transforming the set of measured variables to a set of derived variables, one of them with reduced stochasticity. For the specific case of NO2 concentration measures, the set of derived variables are well approximated by a global rotation of the original set of measured variables. We conclude that the stochastic sources at each station are independent from each other and typically have amplitudes of the order of the deterministic contributions. Such findings show significant limitations when predicting such quantities. Still, we briefly discuss how predictive power can be increased in general in the light of our methods. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Environmental research

Pollutants

pm10 concentrations

prediction

no2

Stochastic systems

Langevin equation

systems

air

Författare

F. Raischela

A. Russo

M. Haase

David Kleinhans

Göteborgs universitet

P. G. Lind

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

0375-9601 (ISSN)

Vol. 376 30-31 2081-2089

Ämneskategorier

Fysik

DOI

10.1016/j.physleta.2012.05.017

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