Ground Based and Satellite Remote Sensing of Influence of Boundary Layer Dynamics on Aerosol and Air Quality
A special issue of Remote Sensing (ISSN 2072-4292). This special issue belongs to the section "Atmospheric Remote Sensing".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 2607
Special Issue Editors
Interests: atmospheric remote sensing; aerosol studies; LiDAR remotesensing; Indian summer monsoon
Interests: balloon-borne measurement of aerosols; dynamics of aerosols; radiative impact of aerosols; aerosol-cloud-monsoon interaction
Interests: aerosol radiative forcing; satellite remote sensing of aerosols and clouds; aerosol classification
Interests: mesoscale meteorology; modeling and prediction; atmospheric dust; data assimilation; planetary boundary layer; remote sensing; statistical and dynamical donwscaling; climate change
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The dynamical changes in the atmospheric boundary layer plays a crucial role in aerosol generation, transport and air quality, especially in the urban and coastal environments. High temporal and spatial resolution measurements of aerosol vertical distribution and boundary layer processes are very important for understanding the aerosol cloud interaction and air quality issues, which is only possible with ground-based and satellite remote sensing techniques. Although extensive research has been carried out using in situ observations and modelling, there is still much scope to obtain a better understanding of the changes in the vertical structure of aerosols using remote sensing techniques. Understanding the vertical distribution of aerosols in the boundary layer is important to delineate the root cause of air quality and visibility degradation.
The aim of the Special Issue is to thoroughly understand the effect of boundary layer dynamics on aerosol generation, transport, and air quality, using ground-based and satellite remote sensing techniques. In this Special Issue, we welcome the novel findings and high-quality research articles in the field of atmospheric aerosol studies using in situ, remote sensing and modelling techniques. Manuscripts can be related, but are not limited, to the following themes.
- Ground-based and satellite remote-sensing of aerosol vertical structure and properties.
- Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for boundary layer aerosol profiling.
- Advanced machine learning and artificial intelligence tools to identify the mixing layer depths from different remote sensing datasets.
- Influence of boundary layer dynamics on the aerosol vertical distribution and vice versa.
- Boundary layer influence on air quality and visibility degradation.
- Innovative low-cost sensors network to investigate the spatio-temporal dispersion and impact on air quality.
- Influence of aerosol chemical composition on the thermal inversions (in boundary layer) and vertical dispersion of aerosols.
- Role of boundary layer in the formation and maintenance of urban heat island and associated meteorology.
- Source apportionment of aerosol particulate matter (including black carbon) and combustion gases (especially CO and CO2).
- Impact of surface-level aerosol composition and concentration on the columnar optical properties.
Dr. M. Roja Raman
Dr. P R Sinha
Dr. Bomidi Lakshmi Madhavan
Prof. Dorita Rostkier-Edelstein
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Atmospheric boundary layer
- Aerosols
- Air quality
- Atmospheric remote sensing
- AI & ML
- LIDAR
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