Summary of Assessing the Potential Of Planetscope Satellite Imagery to Estimate Particulate Matter Oxidative Potential, by Ian Hough et al.
Assessing the Potential of PlanetScope Satellite Imagery to Estimate Particulate Matter Oxidative Potential
by Ian Hough, Loïc Argentier, Ziyang Jiang, Tongshu Zheng, Mike Bergin, David Carlson, Jean-Luc Jaffrezo, Jocelyn Chanussot, Gaëlle Uzu
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This study explores the potential of remote sensing data to estimate oxidative potential (OP), which measures particulate matter’s capacity to induce oxidative stress in the lungs. The researchers use a deep convolutional neural network and multilayer perceptron to predict OP based on satellite images and meteorological variables. The model performs well, capturing over half of the variation in OP as measured by acellular ascorbic acid (OP AA) and almost half for dithiothreitol (OP DTT) assays. The study suggests that this approach could be a low-cost method for expanding the coverage of OP estimates. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This research uses special images from space to estimate something called oxidative potential. This measures how bad air pollution is for our lungs. Scientists used a computer program to look at pictures taken by a satellite and make predictions about how much damage the air would do. They tested it with real data and found that it worked pretty well! If this works in other places, it could be a cheap way to check air quality. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Neural network
