An investigation of daily maximum ground-level ozone concentration forecasting using CART statistical techniques / Doug McCollor.: En57-45/93-11E-PDF
"CART (Classification and Regression Trees), a relatively new statistical analysis and prediction technique in the field of meteorology, was used to study ground-level ozone concentration data obtained during a forecasting experiment in the summer of 1992. Data from six ozone monitoring sites throughout Vancouver and the Lower Mainland were used in the study. It was found that the CART techniques were comparable, but not more favorable, with standard meteorological statistical techniques employed during the original experiment. This study also used time-series representation of the CART results and data. The analysis shows that the CART technique as used in this case relies strongly on the previous day's maximum ozone concentration level as a predictor, resulting at times in a one-day time lag response. The forecast ozone concentration values are also a result of smoothing by the CART statistical technique, diminishing extreme-valued events in the observed data set. As a result, two "poor" air quality events which occurred in the experiment were not predicted by any of the statistical methods studied to date"--Abstract, page [1].
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canada. Atmospheric Environment Service. Pacific Region. Atmospheric Issues and Services Branch. |
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| Title | An investigation of daily maximum ground-level ozone concentration forecasting using CART statistical techniques / Doug McCollor. |
| Series title | Report PAES ; 93-11 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Title from cover. Some copies of PAES 93-11 labelled as PAES 93-2. At head of title: Atmospheric Issues & Services Branch report. Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references (page 11). |
| Publishing information | [Vancouver] : Atmospheric Environment Service, Pacific Region, Atmospheric Issues & Services Branch, January, 1993. |
| Author / Contributor | McCollor, Doug, author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (31 pages) : graphs. |
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| Subject terms | Ozone -- Environmental aspects -- British Columbia -- Lower Mainland -- Forecasting -- Statistical methods. Air quality -- British Columbia -- Lower Mainland -- Forecasting. Ozone -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Colombie-Britannique -- Lower Mainland -- Prévision -- Méthodes statistiques. Air -- Qualité -- Colombie-Britannique -- Lower Mainland -- Prévision. |
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