Table 5 Multi-scale prediction accuracy statistics for microplastic transport modeling.
Spatiotemporal scale | Sample size | Mean absolute error (mg/L) | Root mean square error (mg/L) | Correlation coefficient | Prediction confidence interval (mg/L) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Short-term (1–6 h) | 2847 | 0.0156 | 0.0234 | 0.923 | ± 0.0298 |
Medium-term (1–7 d) | 1425 | 0.0287 | 0.0412 | 0.847 | ± 0.0523 |
Long-term (1–4 w) | 368 | 0.0445 | 0.0634 | 0.724 | ± 0.0789 |
Seasonal (3–12 m) | 96 | 0.0623 | 0.0891 | 0.658 | ± 0.1127 |