A 3D aerosol and visibility information system for urban areas using remote sensing and GIS

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 44, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 2501-2506

  Nichol, Janet E ^a   Wong, Man Sing ^a   Wang, Jingzhi ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aerosol Optical Thickness; GIS; Remote sensing; Visibility

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AIR QUALITY DATA; AIR QUALITY MODELS; BUILDING FLOORS; DATA INPUT; DISPERSION PATTERNS; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GIS; INPUT DATAS; LAND COVER; LEVEL OF DETAIL; LOCATION-BASED SERVICES; NEAR-REAL TIME; REMOTE SENSING AND GIS; SATELLITE IMAGES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STORAGE AND RETRIEVALS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); URBAN AIR QUALITY; URBAN AREAS; URBAN LANDSCAPE; USER QUERY; VERTICAL DIMENSIONS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VISIBILITY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; BOUNDARY LAYER; GIS; MODIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY; VISUALIZATION;

ACCURACY; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BUILDING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY;

EID: 77953526829     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2010.04.036     Document Type: Article

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