Particulate Matter at Surface: Northern Italy Monitoring Based on Satellite Remote Sensing, Meteorological Fields, and in-situ Samplings

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 284-292

  Di Nicolantonio, Walter ^a   Cacciari, Alessandra ^a   Tomasi, Claudio ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air quality; earth observation; particulate matter; satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; EARTH OBSERVATIONS; GROUND LEVEL; IN-SITU; METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS; NORTHERN ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PO VALLEY; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; SEMI-EMPIRICAL APPROACH; TRACE GAS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING;

SATELLITES;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; MODIS; MONITORING SYSTEM; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TRACE GAS;

ITALY; PO VALLEY;

EID: 76249099718     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2033948     Document Type: Article

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