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Inversion of Nighttime PM2.5 Mass Concentration in Beijing Based on the VIIRS Day-Night Band

Authors :
Xiaoran Zhao
Pinglv Yang
Hanqing Shi
Hong Yu
Source :
Atmosphere; Volume 7; Issue 10; Pages: 136, Atmosphere, Vol 7, Iss 10, p 136 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2016.

Abstract

In order to monitor nighttime particular matter (PM) air quality in urban area, a back propagation neural network (BP neural network) inversion model is established, using low-light radiation data from the day/night band (DNB) of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite. The study focuses on the moonless and cloudless nights in Beijing during March–May 2015. A test is carried out by selecting surface PM2.5 data from 12 PM2.5 automatic monitoring stations and the corresponding night city light intensity from DNB. As indicated by the results, the linear correlation coefficient (R) between the results and the corresponding measured surface PM2.5 concentration is 0.91, and the root-mean-square error (RMSE) is 14.02 μg/m3 with the average of 59.39 μg/m3. Furthermore, the BP neural network model shows better accuracy when air relative humility ranges from 40% to 80% and surface PM2.5 concentration exceeds 40 μg/m3. The study provides a superiority approach for monitoring PM2.5 air quality from space with visible light remote sensing data at night.

Details

ISSN :
20734433
Volume :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Atmosphere
Accession number :
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