Publication Date:
2019-07-20
Description:
PM2.5 (particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5um) is one of the major air pollutants in many regions around the globe. Column integrated aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurement provides a potential way to estimate surface PM2.5 concentration from the remote sensing technics. In this analysis, we compiled hourly measurements of surface PM2.5 and AOD made in Beijing, China and meteorological conditions provided by NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office's Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) product in recent years. On daily basis, hourly PM2.5 and AOD show positive correlation, i.e. correlation coefficient (R) is higher than 0.5 on about 50% of days. We apply multi-variant analysis to this dataset and estimate the magnitude of AOD variance that can be explained by or related to PM2.5 and relevant meteorological conditions changes.
Keywords:
Environment Pollution; Earth Resources and Remote Sensing
Type:
ARC-E-DAA-TN65313
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American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting 2017; Dec 11, 2017 - Dec 15, 2017; New Orleans, LA; United States
Format:
application/pdf
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