We estimate the surface area (SA) of ground-level particulate matter by combining Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) retrievals from the NASA MODIS and MISR instruments with aerosol vertical profile and scattering properties simulated by the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model.
References:
Boys, B.L., Martin, R.V., van Donkelaar, A., MacDonell, R., Hsu, N.C., Cooper, M.J., Yantosca,R.M., Lu, Z., Streets,D.G., Zhang,Q., Wang,S., Fifteen-year global time series of satellite-derived fine particulate matter, Environ. Sci. Technol, 10.1021/es502113p, 2014. [Link]
van Donkelaar, A., R. V. Martin, M. Brauer and B. L. Boys, Global fine particulate matter concentrations from satellite for long-term exposure assessment, Environmental Health Perspectives, DOI:10.1289/ehp.1408646, in press. [Link]
Google Earth Datasets:
A small selection of regional Mean Satellite-Derived Surface Area estimates have been cut for import into Google Earth, available [here]. These correspond to 2001-2010 surface area. Click on placemarks labelled ‘Surface Area’ for the legend. For additional regions, please contact Aaron van Donkelaar (aaron.vandonkelaar@wustl.edu).
Scientific Datasets:
Global resolved datasets are provided in an ArcGIS-compatible ASCII file. Country means are provided in a comma separated ascii (.csv) format. Other extractions can often be produced upon request. Please contact Aaron van Donkelaar (Aaron.van.Donkelaar@dal.ca) for further information.
Satellite-Derived Surface Area, 3-year mean [mm2/m3] Resolved [.asc.zip] Country Mean [.csv]
Format:
All data are provided in a GIS-friendly ASCII format.