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Probabilistic forecasting approaches for extreme NO$_2$ episodes: a comparison of models (2003.11356v1)

Published 24 Mar 2020 in stat.AP, cs.LG, and stat.ML

Abstract: High concentration episodes for NO$_2$ are increasingly dealt with by authorities through traffic restrictions which are activated when air quality deteriorates beyond certain thresholds. Foreseeing the probability that pollutant concentrations reach those thresholds becomes thus a necessity. Probabilistic forecasting is a family of techniques that allow for the prediction of the expected distribution function instead of a single value. In the case of NO$_2$, it allows for the calculation of future chances of exceeding thresholds and to detect pollution peaks. We thoroughly compared 10 state of the art probabilistic predictive models, using them to predict the distribution of NO$_2$ concentrations in a urban location for a set of forecasting horizons (up to 60 hours). Quantile gradient boosted trees shows the best performance, yielding the best results for both the expected value and the forecast full distribution. Furthermore, we show how this approach can be used to detect pollution peaks.

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