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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 27.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ X. 2019 Apr 13;2:100031. doi: 10.1016/j.aeaoa.2019.100031

Table 8.

Breakdown of an example tiering system for sensor performance targets (Allen, 2018).

Tier Performance targets

0 – Just Don’t Use It R2 < 0.25 or RMSD > 100%
1 – Qualitative R2 0.25 to 0.50, RMSD < 100%
2 – Semi-Quantitative R2 0.50 to 0.75, RMSD < 50%, bias < 50%
3 – Reasonably Quantitative R2 0.75 to 0.90, RMSD < 20%, bias < 30%
4 – Almost Regulatory R2 > 0.90, RMSD < 10%, bias < 15%