Meteorologically adjusted ground level ozone trends in southern Taiwan

Environ Monit Assess. 2007 Jun;129(1-3):339-47. doi: 10.1007/s10661-006-9367-6. Epub 2006 Oct 28.

Abstract

Two methods were used to calculate the meteorologically adjusted ground level ozone trends in southern Taiwan. The first method utilized is a robust linear regression method. The second approach uses a multilayer perceptron (MLP) artificial neural network (ANN) method. The observations obtained from 16 monitoring stations were analyzed and divided into six groups by hierarchical divisive clustering procedure. The daily maximum 1 and 8 h ozone concentrations for each group are then calculated. The meteorologically adjusted trends obtained by linear regression and MLP methods are smaller than the unadjusted trends for all groups and average time. It indicts that the meteorological conditions in Taiwan tend to increase ambient ozone concentrations in recent years.

MeSH terms

  • Environmental Monitoring / methods*
  • Linear Models
  • Meteorological Concepts*
  • Ozone / analysis*
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Ozone