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@INPROCEEDINGS{Betancourt:890956,
author = {Betancourt, Clara and Stadtler, Scarlet and Stomberg, Timo
and Edrich, Ann-Kathrin and Patnala, Ankit and Roscher,
Ribana and Kowalski, Julia and Schultz, Martin G.},
title = {{G}lobal fine resolution mapping of ozone metrics through
explainable machine learning},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-01272},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Through the availability of multi-year ground based ozone
observations on a global scale, substantial geospatial meta
data, and high performance computing capacities, it is now
possible to use machine learning for a global data-driven
ozone assessment. In this presentation, we will show a
novel, completely data-driven approach to map tropospheric
ozone globally.</p><p>Our goal is to interpolate ozone
metrics and aggregated statistics from the database of the
Tropospheric Ozone Assessment Report (TOAR) onto a global
$0.1\°$ x $0.1\°$ resolution grid. $\ It$ is
challenging to interpolate ozone, a toxic greenhouse gas
because its formation depends on many interconnected
environmental factors on small scales. We conduct the
interpolation with various machine learning methods trained
on aggregated hourly ozone data from five years at more than
5500 locations worldwide. We use several geospatial datasets
as training inputs to provide proxy input for environmental
factors controlling ozone formation, such as precursor
emissions and climate. The resulting maps contain different
ozone metrics, i.e. statistical aggregations which are
widely used to assess air pollution impacts on health,
vegetation, and climate.</p><p>The key aspects of this
contribution are twofold: First, we apply explainable
machine learning methods to the data-driven ozone
assessment. Second, we discuss dominant uncertainties
relevant to the ozone mapping and quantify their impact
whenever possible. Our methods include a thorough a-priori
uncertainty estimation of the various data and methods,
assessment of scientific consistency, finding critical model
parameters, using ensemble methods, and performing error
modeling.</p><p>Our work aims to increase the reliability
and integrity of the derived ozone maps through the
provision of scientific robustness to a data-centric machine
learning task. This study hence represents a blueprint for
how to formulate an environmental machine learning task
scientifically, gather the necessary data, and develop a
data-driven workflow that focuses on optimizing transparency
and applicability of its product to maximize its scientific
knowledge return.</p>},
month = {Apr},
date = {2021-04-19},
organization = {EGU General Assembly 2021, Online
(Online), 19 Apr 2021 - 30 Apr 2021},
cin = {JSC},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406},
pnm = {511 - Enabling Computational- $\&$ Data-Intensive Science
and Engineering (POF4-511) / IntelliAQ - Artificial
Intelligence for Air Quality (787576) / AI Strategy for
Earth system data $(kiste_20200501)$ / Earth System Data
Exploration (ESDE)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-511 / G:(EU-Grant)787576 /
$G:(DE-Juel1)kiste_20200501$ / G:(DE-Juel-1)ESDE},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)1},
doi = {10.5194/egusphere-egu21-7596},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/890956},
}