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Application of low-cost fine particulate mass monitors to convert satellite aerosol optical depth to surface concentrations in North America and Africa
OSU-EFLUVE – Observatoire Sciences de l'Univers-Enveloppes Fluides de la Ville à l'Exobiologie, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, CNRS UMS 3563, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussés, Université de Paris,
France
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
(LISA), UMR 7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, Université
de Paris, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
currently at: NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Daniel M. Westervelt
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Aliaksei Hauryliuk
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Albert A. Presto
Center for Atmospheric Particle Studies, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Andrew Grieshop
Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Ashley Bittner
Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Matthias Beekmann
OSU-EFLUVE – Observatoire Sciences de l'Univers-Enveloppes Fluides de la Ville à l'Exobiologie, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, CNRS UMS 3563, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussés, Université de Paris,
France
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
(LISA), UMR 7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, Université
de Paris, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
R. Subramanian
OSU-EFLUVE – Observatoire Sciences de l'Univers-Enveloppes Fluides de la Ville à l'Exobiologie, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, CNRS UMS 3563, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussés, Université de Paris,
France
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques
(LISA), UMR 7583, CNRS, Université Paris-Est-Créteil, Université
de Paris, Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
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Short summary
Most air quality information comes from accurate but expensive instruments. These can be supplemented by lower-cost sensors to increase the density of ground data and expand monitoring into less well-instrumented areas, like sub-Saharan Africa. In this paper, we look at how low-cost sensor data can be combined with satellite information on air quality (which requires ground data to properly calibrate measurements) and assess the benefits these low-cost sensors provide in this context.
Most air quality information comes from accurate but expensive instruments. These can be...
