Table 3.
Model structure for the best model selected by AQS and fixed site cross-validation for each pollutant and region
Pollutant | Location | No. of time trends | No. of PLS scores | df/year in time trend | Spatial smoothing | |
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Long-term average (β0) | Time trend coefficients (βi) | |||||
NO2 | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 3 | 4 | Yes | Yes |
NOx | Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 2 | 8 | Yes | Yes |
Baltimore, MD | 1 | 2 | 4 | Yes | Yes |