Local distribution of PM2.5 concentration over Osaka based on space and ground measurements

Itaru Sano; Sonoyo Mukai; Makiko Nakata; Nobuo Sugimoto; Brent N. Holben

doi:10.1117/12.974434

1 November 2012 Local distribution of PM_2.5 concentration over Osaka based on space and ground measurements

Itaru Sano, Sonoyo Mukai, Makiko Nakata, Nobuo Sugimoto, Brent N. Holben

Proceedings Volume 8534, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XVII; and Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing VIII; 85340C (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974434
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2012, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

This work intends to estimate PM_2.5 concentration over mega city Osaka in Japan based on both satellite and ground measurements. Our work is composed of the following steps. At first the relationship between PM_2.5 and aerosol optical thickness (AOT) is derived by using the ground measurements with sun photometer and PM-sampler, respectively. In addition vertical distribution of aerosol particles are also investigated by LIDAR measurements. The second step is to retrieve columnar AOT distribution from the space-based reflectance information with CAI (cloud aerosol imager) on GOSAT (greenhouse gases observing satellite). Note that, the PM_2.5 measurements indicate the surface level concentration of the atmospheric particles, and hence the columnar AOT distribution should be converted to the surface level aerosol optical depth (AOD) based on the aerosol extinction profile with LIDAR. Finally, PM_2.5 distribution is obtained from the relationship derived at the first step. The obtained results of PM_2.5 are partially validated with the sampling data of PM_2.5 at the surface.

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Itaru Sano, Sonoyo Mukai, Makiko Nakata, Nobuo Sugimoto, and Brent N. Holben "Local distribution of PM_2.5 concentration over Osaka based on space and ground measurements", Proc. SPIE 8534, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XVII; and Lidar Technologies, Techniques, and Measurements for Atmospheric Remote Sensing VIII, 85340C (1 November 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974434

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