Articles | Volume 14, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-5333-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-5333-2021
Research article
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04 Aug 2021
Research article |  | 04 Aug 2021

Estimation of PM2.5 concentration in China using linear hybrid machine learning model

Zhihao Song, Bin Chen, Yue Huang, Li Dong, and Tingting Yang
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Short summary
The linear hybrid machine learning model achieves the expected target well. The overall inversion accuracy (R2) of the model is 0.84, and the RMSE is 12.92 µg m−3. R2 was above 0.7 in more than 70 % of the sites, whereas RMSE and mean absolute error were below 20 and 15 µg m−3, respectively. There was severe pollution in winter with an average PM2.5 concentration of 62.10 µg m−3. However, there was only slight pollution in summer with an average PM2.5 concentration of 47.39 µg m−3.