Global Estimates of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations from Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth: Development and Application

Aaron van Donkelaar; Randall V. Martin; Michael Bräuer; Ralph A. Kahn; R. C. Levy; Carolyn Verduzco; Paul J. Villeneuve

doi:10.1289/ehp.0901623

Abstract

Satellite-derived total-column AOD, when combined with a chemical transport model, provides estimates of global long-term average PM2.5 concentrations.

Keywords

AerosolModerate-resolution imaging spectroradiometerSatelliteParticulatesEnvironmental scienceSpectroradiometerChemical transport modelPopulationAtmospheric sciencesClimatologyMeteorologyGeographyGeologyChemistryPhysics

MeSH Terms

AerosolsAir PollutionEnvironmental MonitoringModelsChemicalParticulate MatterSpacecraft

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 118
Issue: 6
Pages: 847-855
Citations: 1649
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                                    Aaron van Donkelaar, 
                                
                                    Randall V. Martin, 
                                
                                    Michael Bräuer
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Global Estimates of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations from Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth: Development and Application. 
                            Environmental Health Perspectives
                            , 118
                            (6)
                            , 847-855.
                            https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0901623
                        

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DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0901623
PMID: 20519161
PMCID: PMC2898863

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