Fusion of air pollution data in the region of Munich, Germany, by the ICAROS NET platform

Klaus Schafer; Andreas Harbusch; Gabriel Peicu; Stefan M. Emeis; Herbert Hoffmann; Carsten Jahn; Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis; Alberto Gotti; Nikos Soulakellis; Nicolaos I. Sifakis

doi:10.1117/12.565601

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30 November 2004 Fusion of air pollution data in the region of Munich, Germany, by the ICAROS NET platform

Klaus Schafer, Andreas Harbusch, Gabriel Peicu, Stefan M. Emeis, Herbert Hoffmann, Carsten Jahn, Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis, Alberto Gotti, Nikos Soulakellis, Nicolaos I. Sifakis

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Proceedings Volume 5571, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere IX; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565601
Event: Remote Sensing, 2004, Maspalomas, Canary Islands, Spain

Abstract

The air quality in Munich is monitored by the measurement network of the Bavarian Agency for Environmental Protection. Additional information can be provided from retrievals of optical thickness and corresponding particle concentrations from satellite images in an area of approximately 100 km x 100 km (depending on the satellite sensor used). The satellite measures the optical thickness of the entire atmosphere, which has to be attributed mainly to the mixing layer. The mixing layer height is determined either by remote sensing, by radiosondes, or by numerical models of the boundary layer. The corrected optical thickness of the satellite images can be interpreted as the particle concentration in the mixing layer. Data from the ground-based monitoring network and from satellite retrievals are fused in the ICAROS NET platform. This platform is applied to supply additional information on the air quality in the Munich region and it is tested as well as evaluated during field campaigns in summer and winter. The adaptation to the Munich region covers the development of routines for the collection of data, for example from the measuring network, and the disposal of information, which were defined by the Bavarian agency for environmental protection. During measurement campaigns in and around Munich PM 10, PM 2.5 and PM 1.0 concentrations and mixing layer heights by remote sensing (SODAR, ceilometer, WTR) were determined. Temporal variations of the concentration, the spatial distribution (3 measurement locations) and concentration conditions for selected particle sizes are presented.

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Klaus Schafer, Andreas Harbusch, Gabriel Peicu, Stefan M. Emeis, Herbert Hoffmann, Carsten Jahn, Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis, Alberto Gotti, Nikos Soulakellis, and Nicolaos I. Sifakis "Fusion of air pollution data in the region of Munich, Germany, by the ICAROS NET platform", Proc. SPIE 5571, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere IX, (30 November 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.565601

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