Synthetic monitoring of Asian dust from space, ground and/or simulations

Sonoyo Mukai; Takuma Yokomae; Makiko Mukai; Itaru Sano

doi:10.1117/12.829738

29 September 2009 Synthetic monitoring of Asian dust from space, ground and/or simulations

Sonoyo Mukai, Takuma Yokomae, Makiko Mukai, Itaru Sano

Proceedings Volume 7475, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV; 74751G (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829738
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

It is well known that the heavy soil dust has been transported from the China continent to Japan on westerly winds, especially in spring. It is also known that the increasing emissions of anthropogenic aerosols associated with continuing economic growth in Asia has caused serious air pollution over the wide range of East Asia. Accordingly the dust particles involve anthropogenic aerosols as well as soil dust. Thus aerosols in Asia are very complex due to mixing of small anthropogenic particles and large dust particles, which are called Asian dust. The satellite observation is an effective tool for global monitoring of the Asian dust. A new algorithm for detection of Asian dust from space is proposed based on the multispectral satellite (Terra/Aqua/MODIS) data. The derived space-based results are validated with the ground-based measurements and/or model simulations. The sun/sky photometry has been undertaken at NASA/AERONET stations at Higashi-Osaka in Japan, where the suspended particulate matter (SPM) sampling and NIES/LIDAR network equipment have been simultaneously working. In order to validate the satellite results with these surface-level data, an aerosol transportation model is available. In other word, the space-based and/or surface-based measurements are examined with the model simulations, and vice-versa.

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Sonoyo Mukai, Takuma Yokomae, Makiko Mukai, and Itaru Sano "Synthetic monitoring of Asian dust from space, ground and/or simulations", Proc. SPIE 7475, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV, 74751G (29 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829738

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Atmospheric particles

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