Fifteen-year global time series of satellite-derived fine particulate matter

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 11109-11118

  Boys, B L ^a   Martin, R V ^a,b   Van Donkelaar, A ^a   MacDonell, R J ^a   Hsu, N C ^c   Cooper, M J ^a   Yantosca, R M ^d   Lu, Z ^e   Streets, D G ^e   Zhang, Q ^f   Wang, S W ^f  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK FACTOR; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SECONDARY INORGANIC AEROSOL;

TIME SERIES;

AMMONIA; BLACK CARBON; NITRATE; AEROSOL; DUST; PARTICULATE MATTER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMIDITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MASS EXTINCTION; MEASUREMENT; MINERAL DUST; OBSERVATION; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE MORTALITY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING BIAS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTH ASIA; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ASIA; CHEMICAL MODEL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNITED STATES;

ARABIAN PENINSULA; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; ASIA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAR EAST; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE IMAGERY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907937817     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502113p     Document Type: Article

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