Multi-pollutant surface objective analyses and mapping of air quality health index over North America.

ABSTRACT: Air quality, like weather, can affect everyone, but responses differ depending on the sensitivity and health condition of a given individual. To help protect exposed populations, many countries have put in place real-time air quality nowcasting and forecasting capabilities. We present in this paper an optimal combination of air quality measurements and model outputs and show that it leads to significant improvements in the spatial representativeness of air quality. The product is referred to as multi-pollutant surface objective analyses (MPSOAs). Moreover, based on MPSOA, a geographical mapping of the Canadian Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) is also presented which provides users (policy makers, public, air quality forecasters, and epidemiologists) with a more accurate picture of th

SUBMITTER: Robichaud A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5054062 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature