developed simple empirical relationships between these two variables (e.g., Engel-Cox et al. 2004a; Wang and Christopher 2003); more recent investigationsĀ ...
Research Global Estimates of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations from Satellite-Based Aerosol Optical Depth: Development and Application Aaron van Donkelaar,1 Randall V. Martin,1,2 Michael Brauer,3 Ralph Kahn,4 Robert Levy,4 Carolyn Verduzco,1 andĀ Paul J. Villeneuve 5,6 1Department
of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; 2Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; 3School of Environmental Health, University of British Columbia, British Columbia, Canada; 4NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA; 5Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 6Population Studies Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Background: Epidemiologic and health impact studies of fine particulate matter with diameter