1. Improving Spatial Coverage of Satellite Aerosol Classification Using a Random Forest Model.
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Choi, Wonei, Lee, Hanlim, Kim, Daewon, Kim, Serin, and Barnaba, Francesca
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RANDOM forest algorithms ,AEROSOLS ,MISSING data (Statistics) ,CLASSIFICATION ,ALBEDO - Abstract
The spatial coverage of satellite aerosol classification was improved using a random forest (RF) model trained with observational data including target (aerosol type) and input (satellite measurement) variables. The AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) aerosol-type dataset was used for the target variables. Satellite input variables with many missing data or low mean-decrease accuracy were excluded from the final input variable set, and good performance in aerosol-type classification was achieved. The performance of the RF-based model was evaluated on the basis of the wavelength dependence of single-scattering albedo (SSA) and fine-mode-fraction values from AERONET. Typical SSA wavelength dependence for individual aerosol types was consistent with that obtained for aerosol types by the RF-based model. The spatial coverage of the RF-based model was also compared with that of previously developed models in a global-scale case study. The study demonstrates that the RF-based model allows satellite aerosol classification with improved spatial coverage, with a performance similar to that of previously developed models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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