Quantification of COVID-19 impacts on NO2 and O3: Systematic model selection and hyperparameter optimization on AI-based meteorological-normalization methods

YJ Wong, A Yeganeh, MY Chia, HY Shiu… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
Since the unprecedented outbreak of the COVID-19, numerous meteorological-
normalization techniques have been developed in lockdown-imposed regions to decouple …

[HTML][HTML] The respiratory impacts of air pollution in children: Global and domestic (Taiwan) situation

IP Wu, SL Liao, SH Lai, KS Wong - Biomedical Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
Air pollution is a global issue that threatens the health of human beings. Epidemiologic
reports have shown air pollution exposures to result in millions of deaths annually. Infancy …

Forecasting air quality in Taiwan by using machine learning

M Lee, L Lin, CY Chen, Y Tsao, TH Yao, MH Fei… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study proposes a gradient-boosting-based machine learning approach for predicting
the PM2. 5 concentration in Taiwan. The proposed mechanism is evaluated on a large-scale …

Evaluation of real-time PM2. 5 forecasts with the WRF-CMAQ modeling system and weather-pattern-dependent bias-adjusted PM2. 5 forecasts in Taiwan

FY Cheng, CY Feng, ZM Yang, CH Hsu… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
A real-time air quality forecasting (AQF) system was developed in Taiwan using the Weather
Research and Forecasting meteorological model and Community Multiscale Air Quality …

A systematic review of spatial and temporal epidemiological approaches, focus on lung cancer risk associated with particulate matter

BK Neupane, BK Acharya, C Cao, M Xu, H Bhattarai… - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Particulate matter (PM), including the major risk factor for lung cancer (LC),
greatly impacts human health. Although numerous studies have highlighted spatiotemporal …

Air pollution diffusion simulation and seasonal spatial risk analysis for industrial areas

YC Lin, CY Lai, CP Chu - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
The petrochemical industry produces many air pollutants during production, such as
airborne particulate matters (PM 10 and PM 2.5), sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, volatile …

Spatial-temporal characterization of air pollutants using a hybrid deep learning/Kriging model incorporated with a weather normalization technique

GY Lin, YM Lee, CJ Tsai, CY Lin - Atmospheric Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
A scarce distribution of the PM 2.5 chemical compositions monitors reduces the applicability
of scientific information for policymakers to assess the effectiveness of air pollution control …

Long-term exposure to air pollution and the occurrence of metabolic syndrome and its components in Taiwan

YC Chen, WS Chin, SC Pan, CD Wu… - Environmental Health …, 2023 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS), a major contributor to cardiovascular and
metabolic diseases, has been linked with exposure to air pollution. However, the …

Forecasting hourly PM2. 5 concentration with an optimized LSTM model

HD Tran, HY Huang, JY Yu, SH Wang - Atmospheric Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning has become a powerful tool in air quality assessment which can
provide timely and predictable information, alert the public, and take timely measures to …

The application of a high-density street-level air temperature observation network (HiSAN): Spatial and temporal variations of thermal and wind condition in different …

YC Chen, KS Hou, YJ Liao, T Honjo, FY Cheng… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Different patterns of urban development will result in different characteristics of the urban
heat island effect (UHI). In order to explore the impacts of urban environment characteristics …