Study of the monthly correlation between AOD obtained from MODIS images and particulate matter for a coastal city

PALOMAR VAZQUEZ, JESUS; REPRESA, NATACHA SOLEDAD; FERNANDEZ SARRIA, ALFONSO; PORT, ANDRES ATILIO

2018 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina, ARGENCON 2018

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Año: 2019

Remote sensing applied to the study of air quality has provided new tools for assessing the spatial and temporal distribution of atmospheric pollutants. One of the main satellite parameters used is the optical density of aerosols (AOD), which allows quantifying the attenuation of solar radiation in the presence of aerosols within an atmospheric column. This study was evaluated the correlation between the average monthly ODA levels recorded by the MODIS sensor on the Terra and Aqua platforms (products MYD04-3k and MOD04-3k), and the average monthly concentrations of PM10 and PM2.5 measured at 5 continuous monitoring stations in the city of Valencia, Spain, over an 8-year period. Correlation was analyzed in each station, excluding those where the correlation was not significant. Thus a ratio of 0.31 (p