The correlation between fine Particulate Matters ( PM2.5 ) and Fine-mode Aerosol Optical Depth ( AODf ) is established. AODf is obtained from product of Aerosol Optical Depth ( AOD) and fine-mode fraction at Beijing site belonging to the AErosol RO-botic NETwork ( AERONET) in January 2013. And then we compare estimation with observation of PM2.5 from 1 to 15 February
2013. The results show that the developed correction method is effective to estimate PM2.5 during haze
with root-mean-square error of 50 μg / m3 at a mean level of 85 μg/m3 . The relationship between AODf and PM2.5 is obviously better than that of AOD and PM2.5 . It is also found that when the relative humidity is higher than 80%
the humidity correction on AOD-PM2.5 correlation is limited
and the vertical correction cannot improve the correlation during haze.
Shandong Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
CAS Key Laboratory of Coastal Environmental Processes and Ecological Remediation, Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
National Satellite Meteorological Centre
School of Surveying and Land Information Engineering, Henan Polytechnic University