Estimation of local daily PM2.5 concentration during wildfire episodes: integrating MODIS AOD with multivariate linear mixed effect (LME) models

• Published in: Air quality, atmosphere and health Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 173 - 185
• Main Authors: Mirzaei, Mojgan, Bertazzon, Stefania, Couloigner, Isabelle, Farjad, Babak, Ngom, Roland
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aerosol optical depth; Aerosols; Air pollution; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Earth and Environmental Science; Emergency management; Emergency preparedness; Environment; Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Geography; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Land use; Multivariate analysis; Optical analysis; Optical thickness; Outdoor air quality; Particulate matter; Particulate matter monitoring; Pollutants; Pollution monitoring; Regression analysis; Satellites; Smoke; Spatial resolution; Spatial variations; Statistical analysis; Wildfires; Canada; Aerosol optical depth (AOD); Fine particulate matter (PM; Spatial modelling; Linear mixed effect (LME) model; Land use regression (LUR); Wildfire smoke; ); Spatiotemporal modelling

Seasonal peaks of air pollution from wildfires are increasing in frequency and severity in the western provinces of Canada. During these episodes, populations are exposed to adverse short-term health effects due to elevated levels of fine particulate matter, which is the primary pollutant associated...