Predicting outdoor ultrafine particle number concentrations, particle size, and noise using street-level images and audio data.


Journal

Environment international
ISSN: 1873-6750
Titre abrégé: Environ Int
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 7807270

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
11 2020
Historique:
received: 03 06 2020
revised: 02 08 2020
accepted: 05 08 2020
pubmed: 18 8 2020
medline: 12 1 2021
entrez: 18 8 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Outdoor ultrafine particles (UFPs) (<0.1 µm) may have an important impact on public health but exposure assessment remains a challenge in epidemiological studies. We developed a novel method of estimating spatiotemporal variations in outdoor UFP number concentrations and particle diameters using street-level images and audio data in Montreal, Canada. As a secondary aim, we also developed models for noise. Convolutional neural networks were first trained to predict 10-second average UFP/noise parameters using a large database of images and audio spectrogram data paired with measurements collected between April 2019 and February 2020. Final multivariable linear regression and generalized additive models were developed to predict 5-minute average UFP/noise parameters including covariates from deep learning models based on image and audio data along with outdoor temperature and wind speed. The best performing final models had mean cross-validation R

Identifiants

pubmed: 32805577
pii: S0160-4120(20)31999-1
doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106044
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Air Pollutants 0
Particulate Matter 0

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

106044

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Kris Y Hong (KY)

McGill University, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada; Element AI, 6650 Saint Urbain, Suite #500, Montreal, QC H2S 3G9, Canada.

Pedro O Pinheiro (PO)

Element AI, 6650 Saint Urbain, Suite #500, Montreal, QC H2S 3G9, Canada.

Scott Weichenthal (S)

McGill University, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, Montreal, QC H3A 1A3, Canada. Electronic address: scott.weichenthal@mcgill.ca.

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