Satellite Data of Atmospheric Pollution for U.S. Air Quality Applications: Examples of Applications, Summary of Data End-User Resources, Answers to FAQs, and Common Mistakes to Avoid
Bryan N. Duncan,A. I. Prados,A. I. Prados,Lok N. Lamsal,Lok N. Lamsal,Yang Liu,David G. Streets,Pawan Gupta,Pawan Gupta,Ernest Hilsenrath,Ralph A. Kahn,J. Eric Nielsen,Andreas J. Beyersdorf,Sharon P. Burton,Arlene M. Fiore,Jack Fishman,Daven K. Henze,Chris A. Hostetler,Nickolay A. Krotkov,Pius Lee,Meiyun Lin,Steven Pawson,Gabriele Pfister,Kenneth E. Pickering,R. Bradley Pierce,Yasuko Yoshida,Luke D. Ziemba +26 more
TLDR
The primary uses of satellite data for air quality applications are reviewed, some background information on satellite capabilities for measuring pollutants are provided, the many resources available to the end-user for accessing, processing, and visualizing the data are discussed, and answers to common questions in plain language are provided.About:
This article is published in Atmospheric Environment.The article was published on 2014-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 185 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Air quality index.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Tropospheric ozone and its precursors from the urban to the global scale from air quality to short-lived climate forcer
Paul S. Monks,Alexander T. Archibald,Augustin Colette,Owen R. Cooper,Mhairi Coyle,Richard G. Derwent,David Fowler,Claire Granier,Claire Granier,Claire Granier,Kathy S. Law,Gina Mills,David Stevenson,Oksana Tarasova,Valérie Thouret,E. von Schneidemesser,Roberto Sommariva,Oliver Wild,Martin L. Williams +18 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review examines current understanding of the processes regulating tropospheric ozone at global to local scales from both measurements and models and takes the view that knowledge across the scales is important for dealing with air quality and climate change in a synergistic manner.
Journal ArticleDOI
Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015
Nickolay A. Krotkov,Chris A. McLinden,Can Li,Lok N. Lamsal,Edward A. Celarier,Sergey Marchenko,William H. Swartz,Eric Bucsela,Joanna Joiner,Bryan N. Duncan,K. Folkert Boersma,K. Folkert Boersma,J. Pepijn Veefkind,Pieternel F. Levelt,Vitali Fioletov,Russell R. Dickerson,Hao He,Zifeng Lu,David G. Streets +18 more
TL;DR: The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) onboard NASA's Aura satellite has been providing global observations of the ozone layer and key atmospheric pollutant gases, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2), since October 2004 as mentioned in this paper.
Journal ArticleDOI
Satellite-Based Spatiotemporal Trends in PM2.5 Concentrations: China 2004-2013
Zongwei Ma,Xuefei Hu,Andrew M. Sayer,Robert C. Levy,Qiang Zhang,Yingang Xue,Shilu Tong,Jun Bi,Lei Huang,Yang Liu +9 more
TL;DR: Li et al. as discussed by the authors developed a two-stage spatial statistical model using the MODIS Collection 6 aerosol optical depth (AOD) and assimilated meteorology, land use data, and PM2.5 concentrations from China's recently established ground monitoring network.
Journal ArticleDOI
Air quality and climate connections.
TL;DR: Air pollutant controls on CH4, a potent GHG and precursor to global O3 levels, and on sources with high black carbon (BC) to organic carbon (OC) ratios could offset near-term warming induced by SO2 emission reductions, while reducing global background O3 and regionally high levels of PM.
Journal ArticleDOI
A space-based, high-resolution view of notable changes in urban NOx pollution around the world (2005–2014)
Bryan N. Duncan,Lok N. Lamsal,Lok N. Lamsal,Anne M. Thompson,Yasuko Yoshida,Zifeng Lu,David G. Streets,M. M. Hurwitz,M. M. Hurwitz,Kenneth E. Pickering +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, high-resolution NO2 data from the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) was used to analyze changes in urban NO2 levels around the world from 2005 to 2014, finding complex heterogeneity in the changes.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
AERONET-a federated instrument network and data archive for aerosol Characterization
Brent N. Holben,Thomas F. Eck,Ilya Slutsker,Didier Tanré,J. P. Buis,Alberto Setzer,Eric Vermote,John A. Reagan,Yoram J. Kaufman,Teruyuki Nakajima,François Lavenu,I. Jankowiak,Alexander Smirnov +12 more
TL;DR: The operation and philosophy of the monitoring system, the precision and accuracy of the measuring radiometers, a brief description of the processing system, and access to the database are discussed.
Journal ArticleDOI
An emerging ground-based aerosol climatology: Aerosol optical depth from AERONET
Brent N. Holben,Didier Tanré,Alexander Smirnov,Thomas F. Eck,Thomas F. Eck,Thomas F. Eck,Ilya Slutsker,Nader Abuhassan,W. W. Newcomb,Joel Schafer,Joel Schafer,Bernadette Chatenet,F. Lavenu,Yoram J. Kaufman,J. R. Vande Castle,Alberto Setzer,Brian L. Markham,Dennis K. Clark,Robert Frouin,Rangasayi N. Halthore,Rangasayi N. Halthore,A. Karneli,N. T. O'Neill,Christophe Pietras,Christophe Pietras,Rachel T. Pinker,Kenneth J. Voss,Giuseppe Zibordi +27 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the AERONET program of spectral aerosol optical depth, precipitable water, and derived Angstrom exponent were analyzed and compiled into a spectral optical properties climatology.
Journal ArticleDOI
SCIAMACHY: Mission Objectives and Measurement Modes
Heinrich Bovensmann,John P. Burrows,Michael Buchwitz,Johannes Frerick,Stefan Noel,Vladimir Rozanov,Kelly Chance,Albert P. H. Goede +7 more
TL;DR: SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography) is a spectrometer designed to measure sunlight transmitted, reflected, and scattered by the earth's atmosphere or surface in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared wavelength region (240-2380 nm) at moderate spectral resolution (0.2-1.5 nm, λ/Δλ ≈ 1000-10
Journal ArticleDOI
The ozone monitoring instrument
Pieternel F. Levelt,G. H. J. van den Oord,Marcel Dobber,A. Malkki,Hubregt J. Visser,Johan de Vries,Piet Stammes,J.O.V. Lundell,Heikki Saari +8 more
TL;DR: The Ozone Monitoring Instrument is a ultraviolet/visible nadir solar backscatter spectrometer, which provides nearly global coverage in one day with a spatial resolution of 13 km/spl times/24 km and will enable detection of air pollution on urban scale resolution.
Journal ArticleDOI
The role of biogenic hydrocarbons in urban photochemical smog: Atlanta as a case study.
TL;DR: The effects of natural hydrocarbons must be considered in order to develop a reliable plan for reducing ozone in the urban atmosphere and previous investigators may have overestimated the effectiveness of an ozone abatement strategy based on reducing anthropogenic hydrocarbon.
Related Papers (5)
Aura OMI observations of regional SO2 and NO2 pollution changes from 2005 to 2015
Nickolay A. Krotkov,Chris A. McLinden,Can Li,Lok N. Lamsal,Edward A. Celarier,Sergey Marchenko,William H. Swartz,Eric Bucsela,Joanna Joiner,Bryan N. Duncan,K. Folkert Boersma,K. Folkert Boersma,J. Pepijn Veefkind,Pieternel F. Levelt,Vitali Fioletov,Russell R. Dickerson,Hao He,Zifeng Lu,David G. Streets +18 more