Satellite remote sensing of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air quality over Beijing using MODIS

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 6522-6544

  Guo, Yangjie ^a,b   Feng, Nan ^b   Christopher, Sundar A ^b   Kang, Ping ^a   Zhan, F Benjamin ^c   Hong, Song ^a,c  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; HEALTH RISKS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RISK PERCEPTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER (PM2.5); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER DATUM; SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AQUA (SATELLITE); ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MODIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84907907886     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431161.2014.958245     Document Type: Article

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