Urban Air Pollution Monitoring by Ground-Based Stations and Satellite Data Multi-season characteristics from Lanzhou City, China /

• Main Authors: Filonchyk, Mikalai (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Yan, Haowen (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Air pollution.; Remote sensing.; Urban geography.; Pollution prevention.; Computer simulation.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns).; Industrial Pollution Prevention.; Simulation and Modeling.
• Physical Description: XII, 148 p. 56 illus., 35 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319780450
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-78045-0

This book examines air pollution of a big city using multi-year and multi-season data from ground-based air monitoring stations and satellite sounding data, which provides more clear and detailed information on the main sources of air pollution, the long-term trend of pollution, the influence of meteorological parameters on pollution levels, and trajectories of polluted air masses. For example, the book shows that particulate matter from local sources is transported from deserts to create air quality challenges. It also analyzes the effects of desert and semi-desert landscapes on high concentrations of pollutants.