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. 2026 Feb 7;16:7665. doi: 10.1038/s41598-026-38436-4

Table 2.

PM2.5 evaluation metrics of the four models.

TIME 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10AM 11AM 12PM 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10PM 11PM 12AM
WINTER SVM MAE 5.23 4.44 4.00 4.02 5.55 3.61 6.44 4.58 4.23 4.73 5.04 4.62 6.38 4.73 7.85 4.78 4.06 8.54 5.41 7.52 9.04 8.51 8.98 8.66
RMSE 9.24 5.86 5.47 5.88 7.07 5.32 7.54 7.36 5.59 7.18 6.30 8.18 7.47 6.62 7.96 7.16 5.32 8.92 7.98 8.74 11.6 9.10 6.35 9.35
R2 0.44 0.54 0.58 0.48 0.51 0.76 0.56 0.63 0.72 0.76 0.63 0.50 0.53 0.40 0.43 0.46 0.45 0.35 0.51 0.39 0.46 0.44 0.54 0.88
LSTM MAE 5.89 5.99 3.06 2.83 4.70 2.71 3.95 4.38 3.45 3.96 4.51 5.31 3.54 4.48 5.09 4.08 3.75 4.73 4.18 9.45 8.97 6.83 2.94 6.11
RMSE 7.60 8.31 4.28 4.97 6.52 4.40 5.52 5.71 4.00 5.74 6.25 5.84 4.38 6.22 6.89 5.49 4.93 7.57 6.11 10.1 10.4 10.8 5.13 1.91
R2 0.42 0.33 0.57 0.67 0.59 0.66 0.52 0.70 0.78 0.77 0.67 0.42 0.76 0.48 0.47 0.49 0.52 0.53 0.46 0.40 0.39 0.43 0.71 0.79
SVMF MAE 3.64 2.64 2.93 2.24 2.33 2.18 3.97 2.86 1.89 2.02 2.49 3.46 7.76 3.76 6.00 3.70 2.47 8.33 2.88 7.45 8.20 6.77 9.10 7.63
RMSE 4.94 3.02 4.60 4.24 4.29 3.04 5.75 3.17 2.13 4.15 3.61 3.69 7.85 4.59 7.80 4.38 4.07 9.61 4.42 8.68 10.2 7.21 9.59 7.91
R2 0.60 0.73 0.85 0.73 0.89 0.93 0.78 0.88 0.77 0.75 0.73 0.85 0.72 0.70 0.71 0.65 0.71 0.54 0.65 0.61 0.52 0.66 0.70 0.76
LSTMF MAE 2.07 2.51 1.82 1.85 1.83 1.61 2.09 2.04 1.17 2.02 2.24 2.23 2.22 3.63 3.10 3.06 2.11 2.16 2.88 2.08 3.64 3.58 8.63 1.87
RMSE 3.67 3.97 3.06 2.64 3.16 2.87 3.72 2.43 1.96 3.10 3.11 3.59 3.81 3.81 4.06 3.33 3.10 3.88 4.01 2.76 3.86 3.98 9.28 8.77
R2 0.69 0.76 0.91 0.80 1.00 0.74 0.74 0.75 0.95 0.83 0.72 0.76 0.94 0.72 0.86 0.91 0.70 0.77 0.72 0.65 0.77 0.62 0.74 0.70
SPRING SVM MAE 4.96 4.70 4.40 4.45 6.01 3.92 6.76 4.81 4.52 5.36 4.79 4.58 8.01 5.86 8.48 5.65 4.86 ### 7.26 8.08 10.3 9.51 11.82 12.17
RMSE 8.77 6.20 6.02 6.52 7.66 5.77 7.91 7.73 5.98 8.13 5.99 8.11 9.38 8.20 8.59 8.46 6.36 ### ### 9.40 13.2 10.1 8.36 13.14
R2 0.46 0.52 0.54 0.45 0.48 0.72 0.54 0.61 0.68 0.70 0.66 0.51 0.44 0.34 0.41 0.41 0.39 0.26 0.38 0.36 0.40 0.39 0.41 0.63
LSTM MAE 5.59 6.34 3.37 3.14 5.10 2.95 4.15 4.60 3.69 4.48 4.29 5.26 4.45 5.56 5.50 4.82 4.49 6.58 5.60 10.1 10.2 7.64 3.87 8.59
RMSE 7.21 8.79 4.72 5.51 7.06 4.78 5.79 6.00 4.28 6.50 5.94 5.79 5.51 7.71 7.44 6.49 5.90 ### 8.20 10.9 12.0 12.1 6.76 2.69
R2 0.44 0.32 0.53 0.62 0.55 0.63 0.50 0.67 0.75 0.70 0.70 0.42 0.63 0.41 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.39 0.35 0.37 0.33 0.38 0.54 0.56
SVMF MAE 3.45 2.79 3.22 2.48 2.52 2.37 4.17 3.01 2.02 2.29 2.37 3.43 9.74 4.66 6.48 4.37 2.96 ### 3.87 8.01 9.39 7.56 11.97 10.72
RMSE 4.69 3.19 5.06 4.70 4.64 3.30 6.04 3.33 2.28 4.70 3.43 3.65 9.86 5.69 8.42 5.18 4.88 ### 5.94 9.33 11.7 8.06 12.62 11.12
R2 0.63 0.70 0.79 0.68 0.84 0.88 0.76 0.85 0.73 0.68 0.76 0.86 0.60 0.58 0.68 0.57 0.62 0.40 0.49 0.56 0.44 0.58 0.53 0.55
LSTMF MAE 1.96 2.65 2.01 2.05 1.99 1.75 2.19 2.14 1.25 2.29 2.13 2.21 2.78 4.50 3.35 3.61 2.53 3.02 3.87 2.24 4.17 4.00 11.35 2.64
RMSE 3.49 4.21 3.37 2.93 3.42 3.12 3.90 2.55 2.10 3.51 2.95 3.56 4.78 4.72 4.38 3.93 3.71 5.40 5.38 2.97 4.42 4.44 12.21 12.33
R2 0.72 0.73 0.85 0.74 0.94 0.70 0.71 0.72 0.90 0.76 0.74 0.77 0.78 0.60 0.81 0.81 0.61 0.57 0.55 0.60 0.66 0.54 0.56 0.50
SUMMER SVM MAE 5.03 4.56 4.32 4.84 6.30 4.14 7.48 4.78 4.20 5.00 7.43 6.56 6.50 4.66 7.92 5.16 4.03 8.64 5.54 6.97 7.51 7.09 8.62 9.04
RMSE 8.88 6.01 5.91 7.09 8.03 6.10 8.75 7.68 5.56 7.58 9.29 11.6 7.61 6.53 8.02 7.73 5.28 9.02 8.16 8.10 9.64 7.58 6.09 9.76
R2 0.46 0.53 0.55 0.42 0.46 0.69 0.50 0.61 0.72 0.74 0.41 0.35 0.53 0.40 0.43 0.44 0.46 0.35 0.50 0.42 0.54 0.52 0.56 0.85
LSTM MAE 5.66 6.15 3.31 3.41 5.34 3.11 4.59 4.57 3.43 4.18 6.65 7.54 3.61 4.42 5.13 4.40 3.72 4.78 4.28 8.76 7.45 5.69 2.82 6.38
RMSE 7.30 8.52 4.63 5.99 7.40 5.05 6.41 5.96 3.97 6.06 9.20 8.29 4.46 6.14 6.95 5.93 4.90 7.65 6.25 9.43 8.72 9.05 4.93 2.00
R2 0.44 0.33 0.54 0.58 0.53 0.60 0.46 0.67 0.79 0.74 0.44 0.29 0.75 0.49 0.46 0.47 0.52 0.52 0.45 0.43 0.45 0.50 0.73 0.76
SVMF MAE 3.50 2.71 3.16 2.70 2.64 2.50 4.61 2.99 1.88 2.13 3.67 4.91 7.90 3.71 6.05 4.00 2.45 8.43 2.95 6.91 6.81 5.64 8.73 7.96
RMSE 4.75 3.09 4.97 5.12 4.87 3.49 6.68 3.31 2.12 4.38 5.32 5.23 7.99 4.53 7.86 4.73 4.04 9.72 4.53 8.05 8.52 6.01 9.20 8.26
R2 0.62 0.72 0.80 0.63 0.81 0.84 0.70 0.85 0.77 0.72 0.48 0.60 0.71 0.70 0.71 0.61 0.71 0.53 0.64 0.65 0.61 0.77 0.72 0.74
LSTMF MAE 1.99 2.57 1.97 2.23 2.08 1.85 2.42 2.13 1.16 2.14 3.30 3.17 2.26 3.58 3.13 3.30 2.10 2.19 2.95 1.93 3.02 2.98 8.28 1.96
RMSE 3.53 4.08 3.31 3.19 3.59 3.29 4.32 2.54 1.95 3.28 4.58 5.10 3.88 3.76 4.09 3.59 3.08 3.92 4.11 2.56 3.21 3.31 8.91 9.16
R2 0.72 0.75 0.86 0.70 0.90 0.68 0.66 0.72 0.95 0.80 0.47 0.53 0.93 0.72 0.85 0.87 0.71 0.76 0.71 0.70 0.90 0.72 0.76 0.67
AUTUMN SVM MAE 5.60 5.10 4.05 4.07 5.24 3.63 6.05 4.11 3.82 4.70 4.54 4.40 6.24 4.76 7.79 5.09 4.12 8.62 5.28 6.04 7.46 7.01 9.69 8.97
RMSE 9.90 6.73 5.54 5.95 6.68 5.34 7.08 6.60 5.06 7.13 5.68 7.79 7.31 6.66 7.90 7.62 5.39 9.00 7.78 7.03 9.58 7.49 6.85 9.69
R2 0.41 0.49 0.57 0.48 0.52 0.76 0.58 0.68 0.77 0.77 0.68 0.52 0.54 0.40 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.35 0.51 0.47 0.55 0.52 0.51 0.85
LSTM MAE 6.31 6.88 3.10 2.86 4.44 2.73 3.71 3.93 3.12 3.93 4.07 5.05 3.47 4.51 5.05 4.34 3.80 4.77 4.08 7.60 7.40 5.63 3.17 6.34
RMSE 8.14 9.53 4.34 5.03 6.16 4.42 5.19 5.12 3.62 5.70 5.63 5.56 4.29 6.26 6.84 5.84 5.00 7.64 5.96 8.18 8.66 8.95 5.54 1.98
R2 0.40 0.30 0.57 0.67 0.61 0.66 0.54 0.75 0.84 0.77 0.72 0.43 0.77 0.48 0.47 0.47 0.51 0.52 0.47 0.48 0.45 0.51 0.67 0.77
SVMF MAE 3.90 3.03 2.96 2.27 2.20 2.19 3.73 2.57 1.71 2.00 2.25 3.29 7.59 3.78 5.96 3.94 2.50 8.41 2.81 5.99 6.77 5.57 9.82 7.91
RMSE 5.29 3.46 4.66 4.29 4.05 3.05 5.41 2.84 1.93 4.12 3.25 3.51 7.68 4.62 7.74 4.66 4.13 9.70 4.32 6.98 8.46 5.94 10.35 8.20
R2 0.57 0.65 0.84 0.72 0.93 0.93 0.81 0.95 0.82 0.75 0.79 0.88 0.73 0.69 0.72 0.62 0.70 0.54 0.66 0.73 0.61 0.77 0.65 0.74
LSTMF MAE 2.22 2.88 1.85 1.87 1.73 1.62 1.96 1.83 1.05 2.01 2.02 2.13 2.17 3.65 3.08 3.25 2.14 2.18 2.81 1.68 3.00 2.95 9.31 1.94
RMSE 3.94 4.56 3.10 2.68 2.98 2.88 3.49 2.18 1.78 3.08 2.80 3.42 3.73 3.84 4.03 3.54 3.14 3.91 3.91 2.22 3.19 3.27 10.01 9.09
R2 0.65 0.68 0.90 0.79 0.94 0.74 0.77 0.80 0.95 0.83 0.77 0.79 0.95 0.71 0.86 0.88 0.70 0.76 0.74 0.78 0.90 0.73 0.69 0.68