20 Years of Aerosols, and Fire Records from Space over the Indian Sub-Continent: Implications for Air Quality Trends
Abstract
Satellites make global observations of aerosols that facilitate the study of their impact on both air quality and climate. Aerosol particles smaller than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter, are known to cause cardio-pulmonary and respiratory diseases. Aerosols can directly absorb and scatter solar radiation as well as alter cloud properties thereby indirectly impacting the radiation budget of Earth. 20 years of aerosol observations provides an unprecedented opportunity to study the evolution, trends and impacts of aerosols. We analyze the 20 years of aerosols and fires data record from MODIS Terra and Aqua over Indian sub-continent to study the change in air quality at local and regional scales. The results will be presented to understand change in aerosols and fires fields along with land use change over the sub-continent.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2019
- Bibcode:
- 2019AGUFMGC11K1110P
- Keywords:
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- 1640 Remote sensing;
- GLOBAL CHANGE