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This paper presents a comprehensive observation technique on derived aerosols data from mobile sunphotometer graph and Terra-Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) observation. Research results suggest that after being treated by the variational technique with respect to sunphotometer observations, the Terra-MODIS remote sensing aerosol data are remarkably improved, thus for the first time revealing features of the influence of aerosols and pollution emissions of Bei**g and its adjoining areas (Hebei, Shandong, etc. provinces). The regional impact features of aerosols are related with the peripheral U-shape topography of Bei**g. Analyses with Hybrid Single Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory model (HYSPLIT-4) and meteorological data in the case studied confirm the pollutants diffusion process along the trajectory from the sources in the south-west region, and the regional aerosol impact features.
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Xu, X., Zhou, X., Weng, Y. et al. Study on variational aerosol fields over Bei**g and its adjoining areas derived from Terra-MODIS and ground sunphotometer observation. Chin. Sci. Bull. 48, 2010–2016 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03183996
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