Daily-Scale Meteorological Normalization of Surface Solar Radiation in Varying Pollution Levels: A Statistical Case Study in Beijing (2015–2019).
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| Title: | Daily-Scale Meteorological Normalization of Surface Solar Radiation in Varying Pollution Levels: A Statistical Case Study in Beijing (2015–2019). |
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| Authors: | Wu, Tong1 (AUTHOR), Li, Zhigang2 (AUTHOR) lizg@zzu.edu.cn, Zhou, Xueying1 (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Remote Sensing. May2026, Vol. 18 Issue 9, p1368. 30p. |
| Subjects: | Random forest algorithms, Multiple regression analysis, Solar radiation, Atmospheric aerosols, Air pollution |
| Geographic Terms: | Beijing (China) |
| Abstract: | Highlights: What are the main findings? Meteorological controls on daily surface solar radiation in Beijing vary systematically with pollution level, with cloud cover and RH showing strong associations and diffuse radiation exhibiting the clearest pollution-dependent shift. RF reproduced daily radiation components with strong predictive performance (R2 = 0.83–0.88), and RF- and MLR-derived adjusted anomalies showed broadly consistent temporal variations (r = 0.63–0.78). What are the implications of the main findings? Daily radiation–pollution relationships are strongly confounded by meteorological variability, so meteorological influences should be explicitly accounted for in daily radiation analyses. RF-based meteorological normalization is a practical tool for daily station radiation records and may be extended to multi-site analyses and finer temporal resolution. Surface solar radiation at the ground is affected by aerosols, clouds, and atmospheric moisture, as well as by circulation-related conditions that influence cloud formation and pollutant transport. In daily observations, these influences are mixed, which makes pollution-related variability difficult to interpret. We analyzed data from Beijing station 54511 (2015–2019), including daily integrated radiation components and collocated meteorological and pollution variables. We used wavelet coherence, pollution-stratified association analysis, and gray relational analysis, and compared two meteorological normalization methods: multiple linear regression (MLR) and random forest (RF). The results show that meteorological–radiation relationships vary systematically across pollution levels, indicating substantial meteorological confounding in daily radiation analyses. Among the radiation components, DR shows the clearest pollution-dependent shift in its relationship with RH, while several direct components become less sensitive to cloud cover under heavier pollution. RF reproduced daily radiation components with strong predictive performance (R2 = 0.83–0.88), and the meteorologically adjusted anomalies from RF were consistent with those from MLR (r = 0.63–0.78 across components). These findings suggest that both MLR and RF can be effectively used to normalize meteorological effects in daily station records. The analysis supports routine interpretation of day-to-day surface radiation variability and can be extended to multi-site studies and finer temporal resolution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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