Published November 2017 | Version v1
Journal article

The power of Random Forest for the identification and quantification of technogenic substrates in urban soils on the basis of DRIFT spectra

  • 1. Department of General Geography/Human-Environment Research, Institute of Geography, University of Wuppertal, 42119 Wuppertal (Germany)
  • 2. Department of Soil Science/Soil Ecology, Institute of Geography, Ruhr-University Bochum, 44780 Bochum (Germany)

Description

Highlights: • Spectroscopy and data mining were combined to a novel approach in soil pollution. • Random Forest algorithm was able to identify and quantify pollutants in urban soils. • A powerful classification system to identify environmental pollution is proposed.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.086

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.086;
PII
S0269-7491(17)30159-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Environmental Pollution (1987)
Journal Volume
230
Journal Page Range
p. 574-583
ISSN
0269-7491
CODEN
ENPOEK

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49048303
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
Descriptors DEI
AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHMS; CLASSIFICATION; FORESTS; MINING; PETROLEUM; POLLUTANTS; RANDOMNESS; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES
Descriptors DEC
ENERGY SOURCES; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL LOGIC; POLLUTION

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