Using a Network of Locally Developed Low Cost Particulate Matter Sensors for Land Use Regression Modeling of PM2.5 in Urban Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorCoker, Eric S.
dc.contributor.authorSsematimba, Joel
dc.contributor.authorBainomugisha, Engineer
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-26T22:06:49Z
dc.date.available2023-01-26T22:06:49Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstracthere are major air pollution monitoring gaps in sub-Saharan Africa. Developing capacity in the region to conduct air monitoring in the region can help estimate exposure to air pollution for epidemiology research. The purpose of our study is to develop a land use regression (LUR) model using low-cost air quality sensors developed by a research group in Uganda (AirQo). Methods Using these low-cost sensors, we collected continuous measurements of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) between May 1, 2019 and February 29, 2020 at 22 monitoring sites across urban municipalities of Uganda. We compared average monthly PM2.5 concentrations from the AirQo sensors with measurements from a BAM-1020 reference monitor operated at the US Embassy in Kampala. Monthly PM2.5 concentrations were used for LUR modeling. We used eight Machine Learning (ML) algorithms and ensemble modeling; using 10-fold cross validation and root mean squared error (RMSE) to evaluate model performance. Results Monthly PM2.5 concentration was 60.2 μg/m3 (IQR: 45.4-73.0 μg/m3; median= 57.5 μg/m3). For the ML LUR models, RMSE values ranged between 5.43 μg/m3 - 15.43 μg/m3 and explained between 28% and 92% of monthly PM2.5 variability. Generalized a 46 dditive models explained the largest amount of PM2.5 variability (R2=0.92) and produced the lowest RMSE (5.43 μg/m3) in the held-out test set. The most important predictors of monthly PM2.5 concentrations included monthly precipitation, major roadway density, population density, latitude, greenness, and percentage of households using solid fuels. Conclusion To our knowledge, ours is the first study to model the spatial distribution of urban air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa using air monitors developed from the region itself. Non-parametric ML for LUR modeling performed with high accuracy for prediction of monthly PM2.5 levels. Our analysis suggests that locally produced low-cost air quality sensors can help build capacity to conduct air pollution epidemiology research in the region.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCoker, E. S., Joel, S., & Bainomugisha, E. (2020). Using a Network of Locally Developed Low Cost Particulate Matter Sensors for Land Use Regression Modeling of PM2. 5 in Urban Uganda. doi:10.20944/preprints202006.0158.v1en_US
dc.identifier.other10.20944/preprints202006.0158.v1
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/7304
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectLand use regressionen_US
dc.subjectLow-cost sensorsen_US
dc.subjectMachine learningen_US
dc.subjectParticulate matteren_US
dc.titleUsing a Network of Locally Developed Low Cost Particulate Matter Sensors for Land Use Regression Modeling of PM2.5 in Urban Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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