A study on the potential applications of satellite data in air quality monitoring and forecasting

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 3663-3675

  Li, Can ^a,b   Hsu, N Christina ^b   Tsay, Si Chee ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; China; Forecasting; Particulate matter; Satellite; Thailand

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AIR QUALITY MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; BACKWARD TRAJECTORY; CHINA; CHINESE CITIES; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; FORECASTING SKILL; GROUND MONITORING; HINDCASTS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; MODEL COEFFICIENT; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION MODEL; NORTHERN THAILAND; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE POLLUTION; PERCENTAGE ERROR; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; REANALYSIS; REGIONAL TRANSPORT; REGRESSION MODEL; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE SENSORS; SIMPLE METHOD; SPACEBORNE OBSERVATIONS; THAILAND; TRAINING DATA SETS;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERICS; METEOROLOGY; POLLUTION; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

FORECASTING;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING METHOD; MODIS; POLLUTION MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SENSOR;

AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FORECASTING; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TELECOMMUNICATION; THAILAND;

CHINA; THAILAND;

EID: 79958069046     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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