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SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
Volume 609, Issue -, Pages 1556-1565Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.273
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Aerosol optical depth; Urban environment; Topography; Land use; Vegetation; AOD-PM association
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- U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) [CBET-1435881, CBET-1444758]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) [NNX12AM88G]
- Div Of Chem, Bioeng, Env, & Transp Sys
- Directorate For Engineering [1435881] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Elevated concentration of atmospheric aerosols during severe urban air pollution episodes necessitates a deep understanding of the underlying determinants for a sustainable urban environment. The 15-year (2001-2015) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol optical depth (AOD) data for the Phoenix and Los Angeles Metropolitan Areas were applied to examine the spatio-temporal patterns and dynamics of urban aerosols. The strongly correlated temporal trends of AOD were observed due to the similar seasonal pattern of aerosol emissions and potential synoptic connections between two areas. Relatively higher mean value and lower decreasing trend of AOD were found in the PMA. Correlations reveal that topography is the predominant factor affecting the spatial pattern of AOD, as compared to the urban land use and vegetation. The effect of urbanization on air pollution varies with preexisting landscape, which apparently alleviates aerosol concentration in the PMA. Vegetation mitigates air pollution despite its emission of fine mode aerosols. As a cross-validation, the ground-measured concentrations of particulate matters (PM2.5 and PM10) were compared against AOD. The abnormal weak positive or strong negative AOD-PM2.5 associations result from the relatively small portion of anthropogenic aerosols and the changing atmospheric boundary layer height. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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