An empirical method of RH correction for satellite estimation of ground-level PM concentrations

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 95, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-81

  Wang, Zifeng ^a   Chen, Liangfu ^a   Tao, Jinhua ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Hu, Xuefei ^b   Tao, Minghui ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hygroscopic growth model; Particulate matters; RH correction; Satellite retrieval

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SATELLITES;

AEROSOL CHARACTERISTICS; AEROSOL EXTINCTION COEFFICIENT; HYGROSCOPIC GROWTH; MASS EXTINCTION EFFICIENCY; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FALLING; HUMIDITY; MASS EXTINCTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; SURFACE PROPERTY; URBAN AREA; VISIBILITY; WETTABILITY; WINTER;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84902439314     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.030     Document Type: Article

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