Urban Air Pollution Monitoring by Ground-Based Stations and Satellite Data : Multi-season Characteristics From Lanzhou City, China

This book examines air pollution of a big city using multi-year and multi-season data from ground-based air monitoring stations and satellite sounding data, which provides more clear and detailed information on the main sources of air pollution, the long-term trend of pollution, the influence of meteorological parameters on pollution levels, and trajectories of polluted air masses. For example, the book shows that particulate matter from local sources is transported from deserts to create air quality challenges. It also analyzes the effects of desert and semi-desert landscapes on high concentrations of pollutants. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction (Mikalai Filonchyk, Haowen Yan)....Pages 1-24 Location and Methods of Investigation (Mikalai Filonchyk, Haowen Yan)....Pages 25-40 Research of Aerosol Optical Depth and Urban Heart Island in Lanzhou City by Means of Earth Remote Sensing (Mikalai Filonchyk, Haowen Yan)....Pages 41-60 Study of Air Pollution in Lanzhou City in 2003–2012 (Mikalai Filonchyk, Haowen Yan)....Pages 61-71 Level of Pollutants Concentration in the Atmosphere of Lanzhou (Mikalai Filonchyk, Haowen Yan)....Pages 73-95 Analysis of the Causes of Influencing Factors of Air Pollution in Lanzhou (Mikalai Filonchyk, Haowen Yan)....Pages 97-126 Conclusions and Prospects (Mikalai Filonchyk, Haowen Yan)....Pages 127-130 Back Matter ....Pages 131-148