Research Article

Evaluation of Vapor Pressure Estimation Methods for Use in Simulating the Dynamic of Atmospheric Organic Aerosols

Table 3

MAE, MBE, and RMSE of vapor pressure computed based on various methods for each class of compounds.

GW LK mM MY AW

Hydrocarbons
MAE 0.1455 0.1303 0.1424 0.1251 0.1384
MBE 0.0547 0.0427 0.0486 0.0054 0.0603
RMSE 0.1983 0.1750 0.1930 0.1711 0.1848

Monofunctionalized species
MAE 0.3692 0.3168 0.1424 0.2699 0.2900
MBE 0.0355 −0.1712 −0.0189 −0.0402 −0.1141
RMSE 0.4992 0.4471 0.4955 0.3891 0.4130

Difunctionalized species
MAE 0.4494 0.5641 0.4109 0.4291 0.5063
MBE 0.2875 −0.3322 0.2084 0.2378 −0.2456
RMSE 0.5506 0.6978 0.5120 0.5398 0.6291

Tri- and more functionalized species
MAE 0.4407 0.5946 0.4596 0.4261 0.5489
MBE 0.0536 −0.3661 −0.0339 0.1632 −0.2739
RMSE 0.5494 0.8386 0.5592 0.5065 0.7704