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The effect of wind direction on ozone levels: a case study

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This paper provides an illustrative case study on how the wind direction plays an important role in determining the ozone levels, in a suburb of Houston. Circular correlation and circular regression methods are used in the analysis and the primary goal is to illustrate how circular data analytic methods help in analyzing certain environmental issues.

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  1. Department of Statistics and Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Sreenivasa R. Jammalamadaka

  2. Statistics Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, 93407, USA

    Ulric J. Lund

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  1. Sreenivasa R. Jammalamadaka
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Correspondence to Sreenivasa R. Jammalamadaka.

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Received: August 2003/Revised: June 2004

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Jammalamadaka, S.R., Lund, U.J. The effect of wind direction on ozone levels: a case study. Environ Ecol Stat 13, 287–298 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10651-004-0012-7

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