Polarimetric remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols: Instruments, methodologies, results, and perspectives

O Dubovik, Z Li, MI Mishchenko, D Tanré… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polarimetry is one of the most promising types of remote sensing for improved
characterization of atmospheric aerosol. Indeed, aerosol particles constitute a highly …

Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

Z Li, WKM Lau, V Ramanathan, G Wu… - Reviews of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing
aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world …

Tracking Air Pollution in China: Near Real-Time PM2.5 Retrievals from Multisource Data Fusion

G Geng, Q **ao, S Liu, X Liu, J Cheng… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Air pollution has altered the Earth's radiation balance, disturbed the ecosystem, and
increased human morbidity and mortality. Accordingly, a full-coverage high-resolution air …

Global estimates and long-term trends of fine particulate matter concentrations (1998–2018)

MS Hammer, A Van Donkelaar, C Li… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a leading risk factor for mortality. We
develop global estimates of annual PM2. 5 concentrations and trends for 1998–2018 using …

Regional estimates of chemical composition of fine particulate matter using a combined geoscience-statistical method with information from satellites, models, and …

A Van Donkelaar, RV Martin, C Li… - Environmental science & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
An accurate fine-resolution surface of the chemical composition of fine particulate matter
(PM2. 5) would offer valuable information for epidemiological studies and health impact …

Estimating 1-km-resolution PM2. 5 concentrations across China using the space-time random forest approach

J Wei, W Huang, Z Li, W Xue, Y Peng, L Sun… - Remote Sensing of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) is closely related to the atmospheric environment
and human life. Satellite-based aerosol optical depth (AOD) products have been widely …

[HTML][HTML] MODIS collection 6 MAIAC algorithm

A Lyapustin, Y Wang, S Korkin… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - amt.copernicus.org
This paper describes the latest version of the algorithm MAIAC used for processing the
MODIS Collection 6 data record. Since initial publication in 2011–2012, MAIAC has …

Global estimates of fine particulate matter using a combined geophysical-statistical method with information from satellites, models, and monitors

A Van Donkelaar, RV Martin, M Brauer… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
We estimated global fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) concentrations using information from
satellite-, simulation-and monitor-based sources by applying a Geographically Weighted …

The MODIS cloud optical and microphysical products: Collection 6 updates and examples from Terra and Aqua

S Platnick, KG Meyer, MD King, G Wind… - … on Geoscience and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) level-2 (L2) cloud product
(earth science data set names MOD06 and MYD06 for Terra and Aqua MODIS, respectively) …

Ambient air pollution exposure estimation for the global burden of disease 2013

M Brauer, G Freedman, J Frostad… - … science & technology, 2016 - ACS Publications
Exposure to ambient air pollution is a major risk factor for global disease. Assessment of the
impacts of air pollution on population health and evaluation of trends relative to other major …