Aerosol optical and radiative properties and their environmental effects in China: A review

H Che, X Xia, H Zhao, L Li, K Gui, Y Zheng, J Song… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerosols are important atmospheric constituents with significant impacts on both regional air
quality and the global climate and environment. Aerosol effects on radiation, clouds and …

Satellite remote sensing of aerosol optical depth: Advances, challenges, and perspectives

X Wei, NB Chang, K Bai, W Gao - Critical Reviews in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Aerosol optical depth (AOD) is widely recognized as a critical indicator in understanding
atmospheric physics and regional air quality because of its capability for quantifying aerosol …

The impact of the control measures during the COVID-19 outbreak on air pollution in China

C Fan, Y Li, J Guang, Z Li, A Elnashar, M Allam… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
The outbreak of the COVID-19 virus in Wuhan, China, in January 2020 just before the Spring
Festival and subsequent country-wide measures to contain the virus, effectively resulted in …

Trends and trend reversal detection in 2 decades of tropospheric satellite observations

AK Georgoulias, RJ van der A… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - acp.copernicus.org
In this work, a∼ 21-year global dataset from four different satellite sensors with a mid-
morning overpass (GOME/ERS-2, SCIAMACHY/ENVISAT, GOME-2/Metop-A, and GOME …

[HTML][HTML] Merging regional and global aerosol optical depth records from major available satellite products

L Sogacheva, T Popp, AM Sayer… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
Satellite instruments provide a vantage point for studying aerosol loading consistently over
different regions of the world. However, the typical lifetime of a single satellite platform is on …

The relationships between PM2. 5 and aerosol optical depth (AOD) in mainland China: About and behind the spatio-temporal variations

Q Yang, Q Yuan, L Yue, T Li, H Shen, L Zhang - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Satellite aerosol products have been widely used to retrieve ground PM 2.5 concentration
because of their wide coverage and continuous spatial distribution. While more and more …

Long-term PM2. 5 pollution over China: Identification of PM2. 5 pollution hotspots and source contributions

MA Ali, Z Huang, M Bilal, ME Assiri, A Mhawish… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fine particulate matter, with an aerodynamic diameter≤ 2.5 μm (PM 2.5), is a severe
problem in China. The lack of ground-based measurements and its sparse distribution …

A global analysis of climate-relevant aerosol properties retrieved from the network of GAW near-surface observatories

P Laj, A Bigi, C Rose, E Andrews… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - amt.copernicus.org
Aerosol particles are essential constituents of the Earth's atmosphere, impacting the earth
radiation balance directly by scattering and absorbing solar radiation, and indirectly by …

Accuracy assessment of CAMS and MERRA-2 reanalysis PM2. 5 and PM10 concentrations over China

MA Ali, M Bilal, Y Wang, JE Nichol, A Mhawish… - Atmospheric …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization and urbanization significantly contribute to air pollution in China.
Essential constituents of air pollution are fine and coarse particulate matter which are the …

Marked impacts of pollution mitigation on crop yields in China

L He, J Wei, Y Wang, Q Shang, J Liu, Y Yin… - Earth's …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plant growth and crop harvest are impacted by both climate change and air pollution.
However, their relative importance in crop yields remains elusive, especially in heavily …