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

Table 3.

PM10 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 5.58 4.81 3.73 4.36 5.25 3.89 6.81 4.26 4.51 4.40 5.48 4.90 6.02 4.33 8.51 4.51 4.42 8.98 5.86 6.87 8.52 9.25 9.52 9.31
RMSE 10.1 6.30 5.17 6.30 6.42 5.80 8.00 6.68 5.90 7.77 5.88 8.62 6.73 7.12 7.46 6.58 4.89 8.25 8.38 9.51 12.2 9.95 6.69 10.25
R2 0.47 0.59 0.55 0.44 0.46 0.68 0.52 0.68 0.66 0.82 0.67 0.55 0.50 0.44 0.41 0.49 0.49 0.39 0.55 0.42 0.43 0.42 0.59 0.81
LSTM MAE 6.33 5.69 3.23 2.67 4.98 2.55 3.58 4.64 3.14 3.64 4.27 5.73 3.76 4.10 5.38 3.73 3.42 5.06 3.91 10.2 9.62 7.46 3.23 5.52
RMSE 7.17 9.02 4.03 5.34 7.15 4.14 5.80 6.20 4.24 6.17 6.80 5.41 4.07 5.67 6.40 5.01 4.47 7.99 5.56 10.8 11.2 9.99 4.68 2.04
R2 0.45 0.35 0.61 0.62 0.63 0.71 0.55 0.65 0.74 0.82 0.64 0.38 0.69 0.51 0.50 0.54 0.48 0.57 0.50 0.43 0.41 0.40 0.67 0.85
SVMF MAE 3.36 2.49 2.65 2.05 2.21 2.07 4.25 2.59 2.00 2.19 2.33 3.26 8.21 4.00 5.47 3.96 2.62 7.88 3.04 7.06 8.84 6.35 8.21 7.04
RMSE 5.40 3.19 4.97 4.57 3.95 3.31 5.22 2.93 1.96 4.44 3.83 3.45 7.07 4.18 7.41 4.65 3.87 8.69 4.06 7.90 11.2 7.85 10.21 7.46
R2 0.56 0.78 0.78 0.69 0.81 0.84 0.85 0.94 0.83 0.70 0.78 0.80 0.66 0.64 0.78 0.59 0.78 0.50 0.69 0.56 0.49 0.59 0.75 0.84
LSTMF MAE 2.23 2.65 1.71 1.74 1.95 1.48 2.21 2.19 1.26 1.87 2.06 2.40 2.06 3.95 3.27 2.82 1.91 2.33 2.63 2.25 3.88 3.79 9.21 2.02
RMSE 3.38 3.74 3.24 2.90 3.33 3.04 3.96 2.60 1.77 2.91 3.28 3.37 4.07 4.08 4.41 3.62 3.31 4.11 3.71 3.01 3.64 4.23 9.83 9.29
R2 0.73 0.82 0.86 0.75 0.96 0.69 0.80 0.67 0.91 0.78 0.75 0.71 0.86 0.77 0.81 0.96 0.77 0.70 0.66 0.58 0.81 0.59 0.69 0.65
SPRING SVM MAE 4.64 5.11 4.81 4.82 5.62 4.22 7.24 4.42 4.26 5.77 5.09 4.14 8.74 6.34 7.73 6.14 4.60 12.7 7.96 7.55 10.8 10.3 12.68 11.16
RMSE 9.32 6.58 6.35 5.99 6.93 6.07 8.68 8.40 6.54 8.81 6.43 8.76 8.57 7.67 9.37 9.14 5.92 13.2 11.2 10.1 14.5 11.0 7.81 11.90
R2 0.50 0.48 0.50 0.49 0.44 0.79 0.59 0.67 0.75 0.64 0.62 0.46 0.47 0.31 0.43 0.39 0.36 0.29 0.41 0.33 0.43 0.36 0.45 0.66
LSTM MAE 5.99 5.87 3.65 2.92 5.56 3.13 4.36 4.34 3.94 4.11 3.94 4.85 4.01 5.94 5.12 5.07 4.21 5.98 5.30 11.0 11.0 6.98 3.51 7.87
RMSE 6.69 9.34 5.09 5.83 7.62 5.24 5.28 5.54 4.53 6.90 5.34 6.20 5.89 8.36 6.85 6.88 6.24 9.88 7.57 11.5 13.2 13.2 6.29 2.86
R2 0.41 0.35 0.50 0.56 0.52 0.57 0.53 0.63 0.70 0.64 0.74 0.39 0.59 0.44 0.47 0.41 0.48 0.41 0.37 0.40 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60
SVMF MAE 3.11 2.63 2.98 2.27 2.38 2.25 4.49 2.71 2.18 2.42 2.55 3.20 9.00 5.10 5.87 4.62 2.74 12.4 4.18 7.30 10.3 8.02 11.37 11.54
RMSE 4.97 2.97 4.63 5.08 4.34 3.02 6.53 3.07 2.15 5.02 3.17 3.96 10.5 5.28 9.26 5.61 5.26 14.0 6.42 8.43 12.8 7.36 13.72 10.17
R2 0.57 0.63 0.71 0.72 0.91 0.83 0.83 0.80 0.77 0.75 0.71 0.91 0.56 0.55 0.61 0.61 0.57 0.43 0.53 0.59 0.42 0.55 0.57 0.50
LSTMF MAE 2.06 2.51 1.85 1.89 2.10 1.85 2.40 2.35 1.34 2.49 2.34 2.37 2.62 4.86 3.57 3.34 2.30 2.85 4.19 2.07 3.90 3.61 12.11 2.47
RMSE 3.75 3.99 3.08 3.17 3.64 3.36 3.68 2.41 1.99 3.16 3.22 3.33 4.34 4.45 4.12 3.62 3.38 4.94 4.99 2.74 4.12 4.86 11.14 11.47
R2 0.77 0.78 0.79 0.80 0.88 0.74 0.76 0.67 0.83 0.71 0.78 0.82 0.70 0.55 0.89 0.85 0.67 0.60 0.58 0.63 0.69 0.58 0.52 0.46
SUMMER SVM MAE 4.56 4.27 4.68 4.37 5.98 3.76 6.93 4.38 4.60 4.54 8.05 7.04 5.85 4.97 7.14 4.77 4.40 8.16 6.01 7.33 7.95 7.70 9.13 8.45
RMSE 9.47 5.61 6.50 7.78 7.58 6.64 9.24 8.11 6.04 8.08 8.41 10.9 8.36 6.88 7.43 6.98 5.60 8.25 8.93 8.86 8.96 7.16 5.64 9.14
R2 0.41 0.56 0.51 0.46 0.49 0.73 0.46 0.64 0.67 0.81 0.44 0.32 0.57 0.37 0.46 0.40 0.41 0.38 0.46 0.39 0.58 0.57 0.51 0.79
LSTM MAE 5.12 6.51 3.62 3.13 4.97 3.28 4.93 4.30 3.69 4.51 6.16 8.21 3.92 4.77 4.63 4.67 3.47 4.46 4.05 9.49 7.86 6.14 2.56 5.97
RMSE 7.81 8.06 4.96 5.42 6.78 5.44 7.04 5.64 3.60 5.61 8.69 7.47 4.03 6.61 7.34 6.44 5.27 8.39 5.92 10.3 9.55 8.51 5.40 1.88
R2 0.40 0.35 0.49 0.64 0.50 0.66 0.42 0.72 0.86 0.79 0.40 0.31 0.79 0.46 0.49 0.44 0.48 0.56 0.42 0.47 0.42 0.53 0.68 0.71
SVMF MAE 3.79 2.46 2.97 2.89 2.85 2.31 5.01 3.23 1.75 2.32 3.96 4.57 7.16 4.07 6.58 3.70 2.32 7.66 2.71 6.52 7.20 6.14 9.23 7.18
RMSE 5.20 3.32 5.24 5.53 4.41 3.17 7.22 2.98 2.32 4.66 5.70 5.56 8.52 4.96 7.20 5.10 3.72 8.87 4.18 7.45 8.04 5.70 8.32 8.77
R2 0.59 0.77 0.84 0.67 0.89 0.92 0.63 0.81 0.82 0.67 0.52 0.55 0.64 0.66 0.66 0.57 0.65 0.57 0.59 0.62 0.56 0.71 0.66 0.68
LSTMF MAE 2.14 2.81 1.79 2.42 1.97 1.98 2.25 2.30 1.08 1.93 3.12 2.92 2.48 3.86 2.91 3.02 1.97 2.33 3.21 1.79 3.29 3.19 7.59 1.78
RMSE 3.87 3.87 3.04 2.92 3.33 3.46 4.73 2.72 1.77 2.96 4.90 5.36 3.66 3.99 4.43 3.85 2.89 3.65 4.39 2.35 2.95 3.05 8.29 8.31
R2 0.66 0.82 0.92 0.76 0.97 0.63 0.60 0.67 0.87 0.85 0.50 0.50 0.85 0.67 0.91 0.93 0.66 0.70 0.77 0.73 0.81 0.76 0.69 0.73
AUTUMN SVM MAE 5.97 4.68 4.46 3.74 4.73 3.41 5.73 4.33 4.04 5.07 4.09 4.64 5.66 5.00 8.36 4.58 4.46 9.17 5.63 5.68 8.07 6.51 10.49 9.42
RMSE 9.25 6.20 5.05 6.35 6.14 5.00 6.46 5.96 5.54 7.60 6.21 8.47 7.83 6.10 8.56 8.05 5.03 9.75 7.02 7.46 8.84 8.00 7.45 8.93
R2 0.38 0.46 0.63 0.52 0.49 0.72 0.53 0.63 0.81 0.81 0.71 0.56 0.58 0.37 0.47 0.40 0.41 0.38 0.46 0.43 0.51 0.48 0.55 0.79
LSTM MAE 5.83 6.20 3.40 3.07 4.20 2.54 3.90 3.69 3.30 4.25 4.36 4.60 3.72 4.78 5.35 4.65 3.53 5.15 3.68 6.95 6.70 5.27 2.98 6.89
RMSE 7.57 10.0 3.99 5.49 5.85 4.00 5.49 4.81 3.41 5.41 5.08 5.23 4.61 6.78 7.30 6.33 4.72 8.16 6.36 8.59 9.42 9.64 5.15 1.85
R2 0.38 0.27 0.53 0.63 0.65 0.60 0.59 0.79 0.89 0.82 0.79 0.39 0.84 0.44 0.50 0.51 0.48 0.57 0.51 0.52 0.48 0.47 0.73 0.81
SVMF MAE 3.56 3.27 2.78 2.42 2.06 2.01 3.47 2.77 1.59 2.18 2.07 3.03 7.08 4.00 6.35 3.68 2.34 7.67 2.60 6.45 6.34 5.02 8.96 7.32
RMSE 4.77 3.70 4.36 4.01 3.73 3.31 5.00 2.57 1.79 3.76 3.08 3.17 7.24 4.22 7.17 4.29 3.80 8.89 4.73 7.37 9.17 6.36 9.68 8.77
R2 0.52 0.62 0.76 0.77 0.87 0.91 0.77 0.93 0.75 0.70 0.85 0.79 0.66 0.74 0.79 0.57 0.65 0.48 0.60 0.77 0.66 0.85 0.70 0.80
LSTMF MAE 2.09 3.04 1.68 1.70 1.84 1.71 1.80 1.72 0.99 1.82 2.18 2.00 1.99 3.36 3.36 3.05 2.00 2.33 2.62 1.54 3.20 3.14 8.45 1.78
RMSE 3.72 4.97 2.89 2.87 2.69 3.12 3.27 2.31 1.88 2.82 2.97 3.69 3.44 4.04 4.32 3.88 3.36 4.23 3.57 2.07 3.38 3.44 10.97 8.31
R2 0.71 0.63 0.82 0.74 0.98 0.69 0.71 0.74 0.92 0.88 0.69 0.72 0.88 0.66 0.78 0.83 0.76 0.70 0.81 0.84 0.95 0.66 0.63 0.72