Satellite remote sensing of particulate matter and air quality assessment over global cities

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 40, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 5880-5892

  Gupta, Pawan ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Gehrig, Robert ^c   Lee, Yc ^d   Kumar, Naresh ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Green Council   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality; Mega cities; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; METEOROLOGY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SATELLITES;

MEGA CITIES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRO-RADIOMETER (MODIS); SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; CLOUD COVER; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LIDAR; METEOROLOGY; MODIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE; SENSOR; URBAN AREA; WORLD CITY;

AEROSOL; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY; CLOUD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HONG KONG; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SPECTROMETER; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WIND;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; CHINA; DELHI; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; INDIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SWITZERLAND; SYDNEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748305652     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2006.03.016     Document Type: Article

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