Mapping particulate matter in alpine regions with satellite and ground-based measurements: An exploratory study for data assimilation

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 45, Issue 26, 2011, Pages 4344-4353

  Emili, E ^a,c   Popp, C ^b   Wunderle, S ^a   Zebisch, M ^c   Petitta, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Air quality maps; AOD; Boundary layer; Data assimilation; Interpolation; MODIS; Mountain region; PM10; Satellite PM retrieval; SEVIRI

Indexed keywords

AIR-QUALITY MAPS; AOD; DATA ASSIMILATION; MODIS; MOUNTAIN REGIONS; SEVIRI;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; INTERPOLATION; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SNOW;

DATA PROCESSING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BOUNDARY LAYER; CLOUD COVER; DATA ASSIMILATION; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; INTERPOLATION; MODIS; MOUNTAIN REGION; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEVIRI; SNOW COVER; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; ITALY; MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALTO ADIGE; ITALY; SWITZERLAND; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

EID: 79959868786     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.05.051     Document Type: Article

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