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Inversion algorithm of PM2.5 air quality based on nighttime light data from NPP-VIIRS

  • role： First author第一作者
  • Affiliation：

    College of Meteorology and Oceanography, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China

  • Email：zhaoxiaoran_zxr@sina.com
  • Introduction：赵笑然(1992—　)，女，硕士研究生，研究方向为大气物理学与大气环境。E-mail：zhaoxiaoran_zxr@sina.com
ZHAO Xiaoran1,  
  • role： Corresponding author通信作者
  • Affiliation：

    College of Meteorology and Oceanography, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China

  • Email：mask1000@126.com
  • Introduction：石汉青(1961—　)，教授，研究方向为卫星遥感与资料反演。E-mail：mask1000@126.com
SHI Hanqing1*,  
  • Affiliation：

    College of Meteorology and Oceanography, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China

YANG Pinglyu1,  
  • Affiliation：

    College of Meteorology and Oceanography, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China

ZHANG Lei1,  
  • Affiliation：

    Unit 63752, Weinan 714000, China

FANG Xun2,  
  • Affiliation：

    College of Meteorology and Oceanography, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 211101, China

LIANG Kuai1

résumé

Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) can be transmitted for long distances and remain in the air for a long period of time, which can cause haze pollution. The accurate monitoring of PM2.5 mass concentration, especially nighttime PM2.5 mass concentration, has notable significance in ambient air quality, traffic safety, and human health. This study focuses on monitoring PM2.5 based on radiative transfer theory by utilizing nighttime radiance data collected by the Day/Night Band (DNB) of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite. Moonlight and artificial lights are the major sources of visible light at night. Nighttime city light imagery has certain instruction ability to ambient air quality. This study adopts the Support Vector Machine (SVM) method to establish the PM2.5 mass concentration inversion model. Nighttime city light intensity was selected as the input parameters for the SVM model. Spatially and temporally paired surface PM2.5 data was selected as the output parameter. This study focuses on the moonless and cloudless nights in Beijing, China from March 2015 to May 2015. First, the contrast of the DNB images qualitatively shows that the DNB imagery is sensitive to the PM2.5 changes at night. Starting from the Beer's law, this study then establishes a link between the nighttime surface PM2.5 mass concentration and the city light intensity radiance measured by the DNB. Second, the correlation coefficient between PM2.5_rh/μ and ln(I) is calculated at each PM2.5 site following the link. Results show a negative correlation, with the largest correlation reaching –0.83 at the Dingling site. This scenario reflects a higher PM2.5 mass concentration in the surface air, and the city light radiance attenuates more in the atmospheric transmission path. Finally, the cross validation of the SVM model shows a linear correlation of 0.95 with respect to the corresponding surface observation PM2.5 mass concentration and a best-fit equation ofy=0.98x–1.82. The average absolute deviation of the SVM model and observed values is 4.89 μg·m–3, whereas the least absolute deviation is only 0.58 μg·m–3. Most of the relative deviation is less than 10%, and the minimum relative deviation is only 0.25%. Furthermore, a statistical analysis illustrates the surface PM2.5 mass concentration at the VIIRS night overpass (~2:00 AM in Beijing) time is representative of the daily-mean PM2.5 during the 3-month period. This study provides a feasible method of PM2.5 inversion utilizing DNB nighttime data. The study results indicate the accuracy of the SVM model. This model is largely significant in further filling the temporal and spatial gaps of nighttime PM2.5 monitoring, which can significantly advance the research on PM2.5 effects on the weather, environment, and human health.

mots-clés

low light;nighttime PM2.5;VIIRS/DNB;support vector machine

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