Combining low-cost, surface-based aerosol monitors with size-resolved satellite data for air quality applications

deSouza, Priyanka; Kahn, Ralph A.; Limbacher, James A.; Marais, Eloise A.; Duarte, Fábio; Ratti, Carlo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5319-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5319-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5319-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

Research article

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09 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 09 Oct 2020

Combining low-cost, surface-based aerosol monitors with size-resolved satellite data for air quality applications

Priyanka deSouza, Ralph A. Kahn, James A. Limbacher, Eloise A. Marais, Fábio Duarte, and Carlo Ratti

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RC1: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 May 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Reveiwer 1', Priyanka DeSouza, 30 Jul 2020
RC2: 'Review of ‘Combining low-cost, surface-based aerosol monitors with size-resolved satellite data for air quality applications’ by Priyanka de Souza', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Reviewer 2', Priyanka DeSouza, 30 Jul 2020
RC3: 'Review of amt-2020-136 by deSouza et al., 2020', Anonymous Referee #3, 17 Jul 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Reviewer 3', Priyanka DeSouza, 30 Jul 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Priyanka DeSouza on behalf of the Authors (30 Jul 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (02 Aug 2020) by Daniel Perez-Ramirez

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (11 Aug 2020)

ED: Publish as is (12 Aug 2020) by Daniel Perez-Ramirez

AR by Priyanka DeSouza on behalf of the Authors (16 Aug 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

This paper presents a novel method to constrain the size distribution derived from low-cost optical particle counters (OPCs) using satellite data to develop higher-quality particulate matter (PM) estimates. Such estimates can enable cities that do not have access to expensive reference air quality monitors, especially those in the global south, to develop effective air quality management plans.