학술논문

Statistical Study of Sensor Data and Investigation of ML-Based Calibration Algorithms for Inexpensive Sensor Modules: Experiments From Cape Point
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement IEEE Trans. Instrum. Meas. Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on. 73:1-10 2024
Subject
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Calibration
Atmospheric measurements
Meteorology
Sea measurements
Monitoring
Measurement
Data models
Environmental monitoring
machine learning (ML)
sensor calibration
statistical characterization
Language
ISSN
0018-9456
1557-9662
Abstract
In this article, we present the statistical analysis of data from inexpensive sensors. We also present the performance of machine learning algorithms when used for automatic calibration of such sensors. In this, we have used low-cost nondispersive infrared CO2 sensor placed at a co-located site at Cape Point, South Africa (maintained by Weather South Africa). The collected low-cost sensor data and site truth data are investigated and compared. We compare and investigate the performance of random forest regression, support vector regression, 1-D convolutional neural network (CNN), and 1D-CNN long short-term memory network models as a method for automatic calibration and the statistical properties of these model predictions. In addition, we also investigate the drift in performance of these algorithms with time.