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·2023
Assessing the Spatiotemporal Characteristics, Factor Importance, and Health Impacts of Air Pollution in Seoul by Integrating Machine Learning into Land-Use Regression Modeling at High Spatiotemporal Resolutions
Yue Li, Tageui Hong, Yefu Gu, Zhiyuan Li, Tao Huang, Harry F. Lee, Yeonsook Heo, Steve Hung Lam Yim
IF 11.3Environmental Science & Technology
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Previous studies have characterized spatial patterns of air pollution with land-use regression (LUR) models. However, the spatiotemporal characteristics of air pollution, the contribution of various factors to them, and the resultant health impacts have yet to be evaluated comprehensively. This study integrates machine learning (random forest) into LUR modeling (LURF) with intensive evaluations to develop high spatiotemporal resolution prediction models to estimate daily and diurnal PM<sub>2.5</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> in Seoul, South Korea, at the spatial resolution of 500 m for a year (2019) and to then evaluate the contribution of driving factors and quantify the resultant premature mortality. Our results show that incorporating the random forest algorithm into our LUR model improves the model performance. Meteorological conditions have a great influence on daily models, while land-use factors play important roles in diurnal models. Our health assessment using dynamic population data estimates that PM<sub>2.5</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> pollution, when combined, causes a total of 11,183 (95% CI: 5837-16,354) premature mortalities in Seoul in 2019, of which 64.9% are due to PM<sub>2.5</sub>, while the remaining are attributable to NO<sub>2</sub>. The air pollution-attributable health impacts in Seoul are largely caused by cardiovascular diseases including stroke. This study pinpoints the significant spatiotemporal variations and health impact of PM<sub>2.5</sub> and NO<sub>2</sub> in Seoul, providing essential data for epidemiological research and air quality management.

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Air pollutionRandom forestAir quality indexEnvironmental sciencePollutionRegression analysisPredictive modellingEnvironmental healthHealth effectLand use
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IF / 인용수
11.3 / 29
게재 연도
2023