Slides
Statistical models for environmental phenomena
STEPHI PROJECT FINAL MEETING
Statistical modeling of environmental phenomena: pollution, meteorology, health and their interactions
Opening session
Paul D. Sampson, University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Spatio-temporal Modeling of Environmental Data for Epidemiologic Health Effects Analyses
Session 1: Spatio-temporal models for health data
Pasquale Valentini, University of Chieti-Pescara. Generalized Spatial Dynamic Structural Equation Models with Application to Hospitalization and Exposure
Michela Cameletti, University of Bergamo. Statistical challenges in modelling spatially misaligned exposure and health data
Fedele Greco, University of Bologna. On prior elicitation in disease mapping models
Session 2: Modelling complex spatio-temporal data
Rosalba Ignaccolo, University of Turin. Geostatistics for functional data
Elena Scardovi, Bitbang srl, Bologna. Rainfall spatial predictions: a two-part model and its assessment
Maria Franco Villoria, University of Turin. Quantile regression for functional data
Session 3: Modelling environmental data
Francesco Finazzi, University of Bergamo. A multivariate emulator for atmospheric dispersion models with an application to Aberdeen air quality management
Annalina Sarra, University of Chieti-Pescara. Indoor radon concentrations: a survey of spatial approaches. Evidence from Abruzzo (Central Italy) data
Linda Altieri, University of Bologna. The use of spatial information in entropy measures
EPHASTAT PROJECT KICKOFF MEETING
Environmental processes and human activities: capturing their interactions via statistical methods
Session 1: Problems and models in Marine Ecology
Alessio Pollice, University of Bari. Fish fauna characterization of a coral area - Alternative data features
Crescenza Calculli, University of Bari. Fish fauna characterization of a coral area - Some preliminary analyses and results
Kasper Kristensen, Technical University of Denmark, Charlottenlund - AQUA, National Institute of Aquatic Resources - Section for Marine Living Resources. Automatic differentiation and Laplace approximation with ecological applications
Session 2: Cylindrical data in marine environments
Enrico Zambianchi, “Parthenope” University of Naples and CoNISMa. Retrieving current and wave fields from High-Frequency radar systems deployedin the Gulf of Naples
Francesco Lagona, University of Roma Tre. Hidden Markov models for the analysis of marine cylindrical data
Arianna Orasi, ISPRA, Rome. Marine environment studies at ISPRA (WAVE data)
Session 3: Modelling extreme events
Alberto Montanari, University of Bologna. Extreme values estimation under change: the never-ending dilemma (or sophism?) between stationarity and non-stationarity
Liliane Bel, AgroParisTech, Paris. Downscaling extremesfor climate change
Session 4: Statistical analysis of storms flooding along a natural sandy beach
Luca Parlagreco, ISPRA, Rome. Remote sensing of the swash zone
Luigi Ippoliti, University of Chieti-Pescara. Statistical analysis of timestack data
Session 5: Spatio-temporal hospitalization data and air pollution
Michela Cameletti, University of Bergamo. Italian hospital admission data
Massimo Stafoggia, DEP-Lazio, Rome. Time-series and case-crossover designs for the analysis of short-term effects of air pollution
Session 6: Climatology and trend detection of the intertropical convergence zone
Elisa Castelli, ISAC-CNR, Bologna. ITCZ trend analysis using 20 years of satellite data
Massimo Ventrucci, University of Bologna. P-spline smoothing for spatial data collected over the globe