Table 1.

Parameter estimates for our simulated data example from the model assuming independence between the far and near fields (i.e. τ_NF = 0) with G and Q held fixed

	Estimates	2.5%	97.5%	Real value
β	5.10	4.22	6.18	5.00
τN	0.92	0.70	1.22	1.00
GSD(τN)	2.61	2.31	3.02	2.72
τF	0.75	0.57	1.00	0.64
GSD(τF)	2.38	2.13	2.72	2.23
log()	4.52	2.62	6.43	5.16
log()	3.21	1.44	4.91	2.61
β	Interzonal airflow rate (m3 min−1)
τN, τF	Variance of measurement error at near and far field (log scaled)
GSD(τN)	Geometric standard deviation for measurement error at near field
,	Steady-state concentration at near and far field (mg m−3)