Satellite and Ground Observations of Severe Air Pollution Episodes in the Winter of 2013 in Beijing, China

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• Journal Title:
  Aerosol and Air Quality Research
• Personal Author:
  Li, Shenshen ; Ma, Zongwei ; Xiong, Xiaozhen ; Christiani, David C. ; Wang, Zhaoxi ; Liu, Yang
• NOAA Program & Office:
  NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service) ; STAR (Center for Satellite Applications and Research)
• Description:
  Beginning in early January 2013, Beijing experienced multiple prolonged and severe smog events that were characterized by very high levels of PM2.5, with peak daily PM2.5 over 400 µg m–3. With PM2.5 concentration contours created from ground observations and satellite remote sensing data, we describe the spatial and temporal characteristics of these episodes and further investigated the factors that contributed to these episodes.
• Keywords:
  Aerosol Optical Depth HYSPLIT MODIS PM2.5 Smog
• Source:
  Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 16(4) 977–989
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2015.01.0057
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  Submitted
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:89b8404fe36bf4ab43ba8f319dfc061b61d278c7147d448393e30161532dfca4
• Download URL:
  https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/41058/noaa_41058_DS1.pdf
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