Global Estimates of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations from Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth: Development and Application

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 118; no. 6; pp. 847 - 855
• Main Authors: van Donkelaar, Aaron, Martin, Randall V., Brauer, Michael, Kahn, Ralph, Levy, Robert, Verduzco, Carolyn, Villeneuve, Paul J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Research Triangle Park, NC National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 01.06.2010; US Department of Health and Human Services
• Subjects: Aerosols; Aerosols - analysis; Air; Air pollution; Air Pollution - analysis; Air quality; Argon oxygen decarburizing; Artificial satellites; Biological and medical sciences; Chemical transport; Developing countries; Environment. Living conditions; Environmental health; Environmental Monitoring - methods; Environmental Monitoring - statistics & numerical data; Environmental pollutants toxicology; Estimates; Health; Imaging; In situ measurement; LDCs; Medical sciences; Models, Chemical; Mortality; Optical analysis; Optical thickness; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - analysis; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Relative humidity; Satellite observation; Spacecraft; Spectroradiometers; Toxicology; Uncertainty; Canada; North America; China, People's Rep; Estimation; Concentration; aerosol optical depth; Suspended particle; particulate matter; Health and environment; Fine particle; AOD; PM2.5; Aerosols; Indoor pollution; Air pollution; aerosol

BACKGROUND: Epidemiologie and health impact studies of fine particulate matter with diameter < 2.5 um (PM₂.₄) are limited by the lack of monitoring data, especially in developing countries. Satellite observations offer valuable global information about PM₂.₄ concentrations. OBJECTIVE: In this stu...