期刊
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
卷 79, 期 -, 页码 172-187出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.06.031
关键词
Taiwan; MODIS; Aerosol optical depth; Planetary boundary layer height; Haze layer height; Particulate matter
资金
- Taiwan EPA grant [EPA-100-FA11-03-A016]
- NASA DISCOVERAQ grant [NNX1OAR41G]
Satellite aerosol optical depth (AOD) products have been used to estimate surface PM2.5 in different parts of the world. However, some revealed good but some relatively poorer relationship between AOD and PM2.5. The increasingly available lidar-based aerosol extinction profiles provide insights into the boundary layer as well as residual above it. Here we report a study in Taiwan using four-year (2006-2009) MPLNet data to characterize aerosol vertical distribution. We derived haze layer height (HLH) from MPLNet aerosol extinction profiles and classified profile differences by mean PBL extinction (MPE) and near-surface extinction (NSE). The former represents the mean extinction within boundary layer and the latter the closest extinction to surface. The comparison of MPE versus NSE leads to three distinct classifications of aerosol profiles to help interpret the relationship between AOD and PM2.5. The approximation of normalizing AOD AERONET by HLH closely follows MPE in correlating with PM2.5 (>= 0.8 with respect to season or >= 0.85 with respect to profile classification). The correlation resulted from AODmonis/HLH is systematically lower than that derived by AODAERONET/HLH. PM2.5 values are overall better estimated by profile classification than those derived by season. Better performance of PM2.5 is obtained with the approximation (i.e., normalizing AOD by HLH) than that using AOD only. The performance metrics used in quantifying the relationship reveal improvements in uncertainty by 2.9 mu g m(-3) (or 20%) with AODAERoNET/HLH and 2.3 mu g m(-3) (or 15%) with AODmonis/HLH in comparison to using ADD only. 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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