Abstract
In air pollution modeling, and more generally in the environmental monitoring and exposure assessment literature, the Larsen change-of-support model has had a considerable impact. The Larsen model is equivalent to the de Wijsian model as was first shown by Orfeuil. For noise exposure assessment Larsen type formulas have recently been introduced by Malchaire.
The aim of the present paper is twofold: first, to explain to environmental scientists the connections between the Larsen approach and the de Wijsian change-of-support model of geostatistics; second, to discuss its application to noise exposure series on the basis of two typical examples from occupational hygiene.
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Wackernagel, H., Thiery, L., Grzebyk, M. (1999). The Larsen Model from a De Wijsian Perspective. In: Gómez-Hernández, J., Soares, A., Froidevaux, R. (eds) geoENV II — Geostatistics for Environmental Applications. Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, vol 10. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9297-0_11
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