Exploring land use and land cover effects on air quality in Central Alabama using GIS and remote sensing

Remote Sensing

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2552-2567

  Superczynski, Stephen D ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; Environmental policy; Particulate matter; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; BIRMINGHAM; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS; FINER PARTICLES; GROUND OBSERVATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMAN HEALTH; LAND USE AND LAND COVER; LAND USE AND LAND COVER CHANGE; LANDSAT IMAGERY; LOCAL CLIMATE; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; MASS CONCENTRATION; MONITORING SITES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREAS; URBAN EXPANSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; LAND USE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AIR QUALITY;

EID: 84856743195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs3122552     Document Type: Article

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