Use of satellite observations for long-term exposure assessment of global concentrations of fine particulate matter

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 135-143

  Van Donkelaar, Aaron ^a   Martin, Randall V ^a,b   Brauer, Michael ^c   Boys, Brian L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; SULFATE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MINERAL DUST; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL SOIL VARIABILITY; STUDENT T TEST; WATER TRANSPORT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICLE SIZE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84922962073     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408646     Document Type: Article

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