Chen, R.; Hu, J.; Song, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, X.; Zhao, L.; Chen, B. The Spatiotemporal Distribution of NO2 in China Based on Refined 2DCNN-LSTM Model Retrieval and Factor Interpretability Analysis. Remote Sens.2023, 15, 4261.
Chen, R.; Hu, J.; Song, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, X.; Zhao, L.; Chen, B. The Spatiotemporal Distribution of NO2 in China Based on Refined 2DCNN-LSTM Model Retrieval and Factor Interpretability Analysis. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 4261.
Chen, R.; Hu, J.; Song, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, X.; Zhao, L.; Chen, B. The Spatiotemporal Distribution of NO2 in China Based on Refined 2DCNN-LSTM Model Retrieval and Factor Interpretability Analysis. Remote Sens.2023, 15, 4261.
Chen, R.; Hu, J.; Song, Z.; Wang, Y.; Zhou, X.; Zhao, L.; Chen, B. The Spatiotemporal Distribution of NO2 in China Based on Refined 2DCNN-LSTM Model Retrieval and Factor Interpretability Analysis. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 4261.
Abstract
With the advancement of urbanization in China, effective control of pollutant emissions and air quality have become important goals in current environmental management. Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), as a precursor of tropospheric ozone and fine particulate matter, plays a significant role in atmospheric chemistry research and air pollution control. However, the uneven ground monitoring stations and low temporal resolution of polar-orbiting satellites set challenges for accurately assessing near-surface NO2. To address this issue, a spatiotemporal refined NO2 retrieval model was established for China using the geostationary satellite Himawari-8. The spatiotemporal characteristics of NO2 were analyzed and its contribution factors were explored. Firstly, seven Himawari-8 channels sensitive to NO2 were selected by using the forward feature selection based on information entropy. Subsequently, a 2DCNN-LSTM network model was constructed, incorporating the selected channels and meteorological variables as retrieval factors to estimate hourly NO2 in China from March 2018 to February 2020 (with a resolution of 0.05°, per hour). The performance evaluation demonstrated that the full-channel 2DCNN-LSTM model had good fitting capability and robustness (R2=0.74, RMSE=10.93), and further improvements were achieved after channel selection (R2=0.87, RMSE=6.84). The 10-fold cross-validation results indicated that the R2 between retrieval and measured values was above 0.85, the MAE was within 5.60, and the RMSE was within 7.90. R2 varied between 0.85 and 0.90, showing better validation at mid-day (R2=0.89) and in spring and fall transition seasons (R2 =0.88 and R2 =0.90). To investigate the cooperative effect of meteorological factors and other air pollutants on NO2, statistical methods (Beta coefficients) were used to test the factor interpretability. Meteorological factors as well as other pollutants were analyzed. From a statistical perspective, PM2.5, Boundary Layer Height, and O3 were found to have the largest impacts on near-surface NO2, with each standard deviation change in these factors leading to 0.28, 0.24, and 0.23 in standard deviations of near-surface NO2, respectively. Findings of the study contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the spatiotemporal distribution of NO2 and provide a scientific basis for formulating targeted air pollution policies.
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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