data/README.md

Data Directory

The data folder organizes all datasets used in the Air Quality Forecasting project. It includes raw data, processed data ready for model training, inference datasets, and model predictions, ensuring a clear workflow from data collection to model evaluation.

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📂 Data Folder Structure

data/
├── inference/             # The folder, in which data needs to be stored to use the parser's functionality for custom predictions.
├── model_predictions/     # Stores model output predictions for evaluation and analysis. This folder is updated by the automated workflows every 6 hours.
├── other/                 # Contains miscellaneous data files such as the feature importance values.
├── processed/             # Preprocessed datasets ready for model training and testing.
└── raw/                   # Raw, unprocessed datasets collected from the World Air Quality Index and Visual Crossing.