Search Results - "Garay, Michael"

Climatology of summer Shamal wind in the Middle East by Yu, Yan, Notaro, Michael, Kalashnikova, Olga V., Garay, Michael J.

“…The Middle Eastern Shamal is a strong north‐northwesterly wind, capable of lifting dust from the Tigris‐Euphrates basin and transporting it to the Persian Gulf…”
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Global Estimates and Long-Term Trends of Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations (1998–2018) by Hammer, Melanie S, van Donkelaar, Aaron, Li, Chi, Lyapustin, Alexei, Sayer, Andrew M, Hsu, N. Christina, Levy, Robert C, Garay, Michael J, Kalashnikova, Olga V, Kahn, Ralph A, Brauer, Michael, Apte, Joshua S, Henze, Daven K, Zhang, Li, Zhang, Qiang, Ford, Bonne, Pierce, Jeffrey R, Martin, Randall V

“…Exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a leading risk factor for mortality. We develop global estimates of annual PM2.5 concentrations and…”
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Merging regional and global aerosol optical depth records from major available satellite products by Sogacheva, Larisa, Popp, Thomas, Sayer, Andrew M, Dubovik, Oleg, Garay, Michael J, Heckel, Andreas, Hsu, N. Christina, Jethva, Hiren, Kahn, Ralph A, Kolmonen, Pekka, Kosmale, Miriam, de Leeuw, Gerrit, Levy, Robert C, Litvinov, Pavel, Lyapustin, Alexei, North, Peter, Torres, Omar, Arola, Antti

“…Satellite instruments provide a vantage point for studying aerosol loading consistently over different regions of the world. However, the typical lifetime of a…”
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Monthly Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter and Their Uncertainty by van Donkelaar, Aaron, Hammer, Melanie S, Bindle, Liam, Brauer, Michael, Brook, Jeffery R, Garay, Michael J, Hsu, N. Christina, Kalashnikova, Olga V, Kahn, Ralph A, Lee, Colin, Levy, Robert C, Lyapustin, Alexei, Sayer, Andrew M, Martin, Randall V

“…Annual global satellite-based estimates of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) are widely relied upon for air-quality assessment. Here, we develop and apply a…”
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Identification and Characterization of Dust Source Regions Across North Africa and the Middle East Using MISR Satellite Observations by Yu, Yan, Kalashnikova, Olga V., Garay, Michael J., Lee, Huikyo, Notaro, Michael

“…Motivated by limitations in current satellite‐based dust source identification techniques, this study examines dust emissions and concentrations over North…”
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Size-resolved particulate matter concentrations derived from 4.4 km-resolution size-fractionated Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) aerosol optical depth over Southern California by Franklin, Meredith, Kalashnikova, Olga V., Garay, Michael J.

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Development and assessment of a higher-spatial-resolution (4.4 km) MISR aerosol optical depth product using AERONET-DRAGON data by Garay, Michael J, Kalashnikova, Olga V, Bull, Michael A

“…Since early 2000, the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument on NASA's Terra satellite has been acquiring data that have been used to produce…”
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Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer global aerosol product assessment by comparison with the Aerosol Robotic Network by Kahn, Ralph A., Gaitley, Barbara J., Garay, Michael J., Diner, David J., Eck, Thomas F., Smirnov, Alexander, Holben, Brent N.

“…A statistical approach is used to assess the quality of the Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) version 22 (V22) aerosol products. Aerosol optical…”
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Climatology of Asian dust activation and transport potential based on MISR satellite observations and trajectory analysis by Yu, Yan, Kalashnikova, Olga V, Garay, Michael J, Notaro, Michael

“…Asian dust, primarily emitted from the Taklamakan and Gobi deserts, has been reported to reach remote destinations, such as North America. However, the…”
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Estimating PM2.5 speciation concentrations using prototype 4.4 km-resolution MISR aerosol properties over Southern California by Meng, Xia, Garay, Michael J., Diner, David J., Kalashnikova, Olga V., Xu, Jin, Liu, Yang

“…Research efforts to better characterize the differential toxicity of PM2.5 (particles with aerodynamic diameters less than or equal to 2.5 μm) speciation are…”
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Disproving the Bodélé Depression as the Primary Source of Dust Fertilizing the Amazon Rainforest by Yu, Yan, Kalashnikova, Olga V., Garay, Michael J., Lee, Huikyo, Notaro, Michael, Campbell, James R., Marquis, Jared, Ginoux, Paul, Okin, Gregory S.

“…Motivated by the ongoing debates about the relative contribution of specific North African dust sources to the transatlantic dust transport to the Amazon…”
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Stereoscopic Height and Wind Retrievals for Aerosol Plumes with the MISR INteractive eXplorer (MINX) by Nelson, D.L., Garay, M.J., Kahn, Ralph A., Dunst, Ben A.

“…The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard the Terra satellite acquires imagery at 275-m resolution at nine angles ranging from 0deg…”
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Decadal-scale trends in regional aerosol particle properties and their linkage to emission changes by Zhao, Bin, Jiang, Jonathan H, Gu, Yu, Diner, David, Worden, John, Liou, Kuo-Nan, Su, Hui, Xing, Jia, Garay, Michael, Huang, Lei

“…Understanding long-term trends in aerosol loading and properties is essential for evaluating the health and climatic effects of these airborne particulates as…”
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Introducing the 4.4 km spatial resolution Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) aerosol product by Garay, Michael J, Witek, Marcin L, Kahn, Ralph A, Seidel, Felix C, Limbacher, James A, Bull, Michael A, Diner, David J, Hansen, Earl G, Kalashnikova, Olga V, Lee, Huikyo, Nastan, Abigail M, Yu, Yan

“…The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument has been operational on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing…”
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Validation, Comparison, and Integration of GOCI, AHI, MODIS, MISR, and VIIRS Aerosol Optical Depth Over East Asia During the 2016 KORUS-AQ Campaign by Choi, Myungje, Lim, Hyunkwang, Kim, Jhoon, Lee, Seoyoung, Eck, Thomas F, Holben, Brent N, Garay, Michael J, Hyer, Edward J, Saide, Pablo E, Liu, Hongqing

“…Recently launched multichannel geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite sensors, such as the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) and the Advanced Himawari…”
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Using Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer Aerosol Mixture Properties for Air Quality Assessment in Mongolia by Franklin, Meredith, Chau, Khang, Kalashnikova, Olga, Garay, Michael, Enebish, Temuulen, Sorek-Hamer, Meytar

“…Ulaanbaatar (UB), the capital city of Mongolia, has extremely poor wintertime air quality with fine particulate matter concentrations frequently exceeding 500…”
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Spatiotemporal Characteristics of the Association between AOD and PM over the California Central Valley by Sorek-Hamer, Meytar, Franklin, Meredith, Chau, Khang, Garay, Michael Joseph, Kalashnikova, Olga

“…Many air pollution health effects studies rely on exposure estimates of particulate matter (PM) concentrations derived from remote sensing observations of…”
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Temporal and Spatial Autocorrelation as Determinants of Regional AOD-PM2.5 Model Performance in the Middle East by Chau, Khang, Franklin, Meredith, Lee, Huikyo, Garay, Michael, Kalashnikova, Olga

“…Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution has been shown in numerous studies to be associated with detrimental health effects. However, the…”
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Correction to “Monthly Global Estimates of Fine Particulate Matter and Their Uncertainty” by van Donkelaar, Aaron, Hammer, Melanie S., Bindle, Liam, Brauer, Michael, Brook, Jeffery R., Garay, Michael J., Hsu, N. Christina, Kalashnikova, Olga V., Kahn, Ralph A., Lee, Colin, Levy, Robert C., Lyapustin, Alexei, Sayer, Andrew M., Martin, Randall V.

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Characterization of Subgrid-Scale Variability in Particulate Matter with Respect to Satellite Aerosol Observations by Franklin, Meredith, Kalashnikova, Olga, Garay, Michael, Fruin, Scott

“…Recent use of satellite observations of aerosol optical depth (AOD) to characterize surface concentrations of particulate matter (PM) air pollution has proven…”
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