Estimating PM2.5 in Xi'an, China using aerosol optical depth: A comparison between the MODIS and MISR retrieval models

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 505, Issue , 2015, Pages 1156-1165

  You, Wei ^a   Zang, Zengliang ^a   Pan, Xiaobin ^a   Zhang, Lifeng ^a   Chen, Dan ^b  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; MISR; MODIS; Nonlinear model; PM2.5

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; FORECASTING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; MISR; MODIS; NON-LINEAR MODEL; PM2.5;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AIR QUALITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOMETER;

ACCURACY; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IMAGE DISPLAY; MULTIANGEL IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; WINTER; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; SHAANXI; XIAN;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84915818769     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.024     Document Type: Article

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