Air quality monitoring and forecasting in China
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Discipline
Earth and related Environmental sciences
Subject
Air quality monitoring
Air quality policy
Economic wealth
Ground observations
Industrial activities
Model simulation
Pearl River delta
Pollution level
Satellite observations
Air quality
Computer simulation
Pollution
River pollution
Audience
Scientific
Date
2010Metadata
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For the last decade the industrial activity of China has been growing at rapid pace, bringing economic wealth to its 1300 million inhabitants, but also generating an unprecedented level of air pollution. This deteriorates the air quality of the densely populated and industrialized areas such as Beijing, Shanghai and the Pearl River Delta, and increases the background pollution levels world-wide [1]. The AMFIC project aims at monitoring and forecasting the air quality in China by using satellite observations and model simulations, together with ground observations in China. The combination of these instruments and tools offers a unique possibility to investigate trends in air pollution and the effectiveness of air quality policy.
Citation
Van Der A, R.; Mijling, B.; De Smedt, I.; Van Roozendael, M.; Kelder, H. (2010). Air quality monitoring and forecasting in China. , ESA SP 684: Proceedings of the Dragon 2 Programme Mid-Term Results 2008-2010, Guilin City, P.R. China, 17-21 May 2010, Vol. 684,Type
Conference
Peer-Review
No
Language
eng