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A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Urban Remote Sensing".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 July 2024 | Viewed by 2797

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Dr. Jinhui Gao

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School of Atmospheric Sciences, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu 610225, China
Interests: ozone; aerosol; numerical simulation; source apportionment
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Dr. Cheng Chen

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GRASP-SAS, LOA/University of Lille, 59650 Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France
Interests: satellite remote sensing; atmospheric aerosol; inverse modelling; chemical transport model; data assimilation

Dr. Fangwen Bao

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Department of Ocean Sciences and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
Interests: aerosol remote sensing; satellite retrievals; air quality observations
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Dr. Kerstin Stebel

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Atmosphere and Climate Department (ATMOS), NILU - Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Instituttveien 18, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
Interests: ground-based and satellite remote sensing; imaging; satellite validation; aerosol and trace gases; air quality; volcanic gas emissions

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Dear Colleagues,

Aerosols have received a great deal of attention since the recognition of their serious impacts on climate and air quality. Satellite remote sensing has become a well-established tool for characterizing and monitoring the properties of aerosols, and makes it possible to study the impacts of aerosols on air quality at high spatial resolution and large scale. Particularly, more and more advanced satellite aerosol retrieval algorithms have been extensively proposed, which continuously improve the quality and integrity of satellite aerosol remote sensing products. Such products can be popularized to other air quality monitoring and research methods (e.g., ground-based observations and numerical simulations) with unprecedented flexibility, which will have great potential for assessing the detailed distributions of aerosols, estimating aerosol emissions and sinks, finding the effects on air quality and forecasting the pollution trend.

This Special Issue aims to bring together the latest studies focused on the applications of satellite aerosol remote sensing and comprehensive studies of aerosol impacts on air quality (emissions, transport, interactions with other air pollutants, sinks, etc.). We also welcome papers related to multiscale aerosol retrieval algorithms (physical models, deep learning models, etc.) and applications focused on long-term air quality monitoring or aerosol pollution episodes.

Articles may address, but are not limited, to the following topics:

Aerosol impacts evaluation using satellite aerosol products;
Combination of numerical models and satellite products;
Top-down aerosol emission estimation;
Long-term variations and spatial differences of aerosols;
New satellite aerosol retrieval algorithms;
Remote sensing of aerosol components;
Validations of satellite aerosol products;
Aerosol data assimilation.

Dr. Jinhui Gao
Dr. Cheng Chen
Dr. Fangwen Bao
Dr. Kerstin Stebel
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Keywords

aerosol
remote sensing
satellite
air quality
emissions
retrieval algorithms

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Potential Modulation of Aerosol on Precipitation Efficiency in Southwest China

by Pengguo Zhao, Xiaoran Liu and Chuanfeng Zhao

Remote Sens. 2024, 16(8), 1445; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16081445 - 18 Apr 2024

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The aerosol–cloud–precipitation correlation has been a significant scientific topic, primarily due to its remarkable uncertainty. However, the possible modulation of aerosol on the precipitation capacity of clouds has received limited attention. In this study, we utilized multi-source data on aerosol, cloud properties, precipitation, and meteorological factors to investigate the impact of aerosols on precipitation efficiency (PE) in the Sichuan Basin (SCB) and Yun-nan-Guizhou Plateau (YGP), where the differences between terrain and meteorological environment conditions were prominent. In the two study regions, there were significant negative correlations between the aerosol index (AI) and PE in spring, especially in the YGP, while the correlations between the AI and PE in other seasons were not as prominent as in spring. In spring, aerosol significantly inhibited both the liquid water path (LWP) and the ice water path (IWP) in the YGP, but negatively correlated with the IWP and had no significant relationship with the LWP in the SCB. Aerosol inhibited precipitation in the two regions mainly by reducing cloud droplet effective radius, indicating that warm clouds contributed more to precipitation in spring. The suppressive impact of aerosols on precipitation serving as the numerator of PE is greater than that of the cloud water path as the denominator of PE, resulting in a negative correlation between aerosol and PE. The AI–PE relationship is significantly dependent on meteorological conditions in the YGP, but not in the SCB, which may be related to the perennial cloud cover and stable atmosphere in the SCB. In the future, as air quality continues to improve, precipitation efficiency may increase due to the decrease in aerosol concentration, and of course, the spatio-temporal heterogeneity of the aerosol–cloud–precipitation relationship may become more significant. Full article

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Comparative Analysis of Aerosol Vertical Characteristics over the North China Plain Based on Multi-Source Observation Data

by Fei Wang, Zhanqing Li, Qi Jiang, Xinrong Ren, Hao He, Yahui Tang, Xiaobo Dong, Yele Sun and Russell R. Dickerson

Remote Sens. 2024, 16(4), 609; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs16040609 - 6 Feb 2024

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In this paper, multi-source observation, such as aircraft, ground-based remote sensing, and satellite-retrieved data, has been utilized to compare and analyze the vertical characteristics of aerosol optical properties and the planetary boundary layer height (H_PBL) over the North China Plain (NCP) region during May–June 2016. Aircraft observations show the vertical profiles of aerosol absorption coefficients (σ_abs), scattering coefficients (σ_sca), and extinction coefficients (σ_ext) gradually decrease with altitude, with their maximum values near H_PBL. The vertical profiles of σ_ext depended most on the vertical distribution of measured σ_sca, indicating a significant contribution of scattering aerosols. In addition, the prominent characteristic of the inverse relationship between σ_ext and moisture profile could serve as a reference for predicting air quality in the NCP region. The lower layer pollution during the field experiment was likely caused by the accumulation of fine-mode aerosols, characterized by the vertical distribution of the Ångström exponent and the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) products. Typically, H_PBL derived from aircraft and surface Micro Pulse Lidar (MPL) was approximate, while the predicted H_PBL by meteorological data indicates an underestimation of ~192 m. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) calculated from aircraft and ground-based remote sensing (such as MPL and AERONET) experienced a strong correlation, and both of them exhibited a similar tendency. However, the AOD retrieved from satellites was significantly larger than that from aircraft and ground-based remote sensing. Overall, the inversion algorithm, cloud identification algorithm, representativeness of the space, and time of the observation may lead to an overestimation or underestimation of AOD under certain circumstances. This study may serve as a re-evaluation of AOD retrieved from multi-source observations and provide a reference to uncover the actual atmospheric environment in the NCP regions. Full article

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In-Flight Preliminary Performance of GF-5B/Absorbing Aerosol Sensor

by Yongmei Wang, Zhuo Zhang, Jinghua Mao, Houmao Wang, Entao Shi, Xiaohong Liu, Pengda Li and Jiu Liu

Remote Sens. 2023, 15(17), 4343; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15174343 - 3 Sep 2023

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The Absorbing Aerosol Sensor (AAS) is carried on the Gao-Fen 5B (GF-5B) satellite, and it allows for the measurement of solar backscatter radiation by the atmosphere in the UV–Vis bands. The AAS is an imaging spectrometer that employs CCD for capturing both a continuous spectrum and the cross-track orientation with a 114° wide swath. The broad field of view provides daily global envelopment with a 4 km spatial resolution at the nadir. This paper mainly analyzes the initial working status of the instrument in orbit, including wavelength calibration, radiometric calibration, detector performance, and product availability. Preliminary observations indicate the ability of the AAS to monitor absorbing aerosols like dust, biomass burning, volcano ash, and some pollution aerosols and to identify the aerosol events in China and other regions with high spatial resolution. Full article

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