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A method to estimate concentrations of surface-level particulate matter using satellite-based aerosol optical thickness.
- Source :
- SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences; Aug2013, Vol. 56 Issue 8, p1422-1433, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- We propose a new method to estimate surface-level particulate matter (PM) concentrations by using satellite-retrieved Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT). This method considers the distribution and variation of Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) height and relative humidity (RH) at the regional scale. The method estimates surface-level particulate matter concentrations using the data simulated by an atmospheric boundary layer model RAMS and satellite-retrieved AOT. By incorporation MODIS AOT, PBL height and RH simulated by RAMS, this method is applied to estimate the surface-level PM concentrations in North China region. The result is evaluated by using 16 ground-based observations deployed in the research region, and the result shows a good agreement between estimated PM concentrations and observations, and the coefficient of determination R is 0.61 between the estimated PM concentrations and the observations. In addition, surface-level PM concentrations are also estimated by using MODIS AOT, ground-based LIDAR observations and RH measurements. A comparison between the two estimated PM concentrations shows that the new method proposed in this paper is better than the traditional method. The coefficient of determination R is improved from 0.32 to 0.62. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16747313
- Volume :
- 56
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- SCIENCE CHINA Earth Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 89456062
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-012-4503-3