Detecting Elevated Air Pollution Levels by Monitoring Web Search Queries: Algorithm Development and Validation.

Chen Lin Safoora Yousefi Elvis Kahoro Payam Karisani Donghai Liang Jeremy A Sarnat Eugene Agichtein

Published in: JMIR formative research (2022)

The results show that incorporating web search data with meteorological data improves the nowcasting performance for all 3 pollutants and suggest promising novel applications for tracking global physical phenomena using web search data.

Keyphrases

air pollution
electronic health record
big data
machine learning
mental health
physical activity
deep learning
data analysis
heavy metals
risk assessment