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ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2015

Using High-Resolution Satellite Aerosol Optical Depth To Estimate Daily PM2.5 Geographical Distribution in Mexico City.

Allan C Just, Robert O Wright, Joel Schwartz, Brent A Coull, Andrea A Baccarelli, Martha María Tellez-Rojo, Emily Moody, Yujie Wang, Alexei Lyapustin, Itai Kloog

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Article in Environmental science & technology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

59 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  15. Association between satellite-based estimates of long-term PMEnvironmental science and pollution research international · 2022
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  18. A Multiscale Land Use Regression Approach for Estimating Intraurban Spatial Variability of PMInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Allan C Just†Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States.
Robert O Wright‡Department of Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States.
Joel Schwartz†Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States.
Brent A Coull§Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Andrea A Baccarelli†Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, United States.
Martha María Tellez-Rojo∥Center of Nutrition and Health Research, National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos 62100, Mexico.
Emily Moody⊥Department of Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, United States.
Yujie Wang#University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, United States.
Alexei Lyapustin∇National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Code 613, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771, United States.
Itai Kloog¶Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501, Israel.

Funding

Translational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI Gary Adamkiewicz · 1985 to 2026
$44.6M
The Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center on Early Environmental ExposuresP30ES023515 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Robert O Wright · 2014 to 2026
$21.3M
Training Program in Environmental EpidemiologyT32ES007069 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI LADEN, FRANCINE · 1985 to 2024
$13.9M
Stress, Lead, Iron Deficiency and NeurodevelopmentR01ES013744 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Robert O Wright · 2007 to 2026
$13.4M
Environment, Fetal Tissue DNA Methylation & BirthweightR01ES020268 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BACCARELLI, ANDREA, WRIGHT, ROBERT O · 2011 to 2013
$2.5M
Prenatal Exposure to Endocrine Disrupters, DNA Methylation, and Childhood ObesityK99ES023450 · NIEHS · HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI JUST, ALLAN C. · 2014 to 2015
$163k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in estimating fine particle (PM2.5) ambient concentrations use daily satellite measurements of aerosol optical depth (AOD) for spatially and temporally resolved exposure estimates. Mexico City is a dense megacity that differs from other previously modeled regions in several ways: it has bright land surfaces, a distinctive climatological cycle, and an elevated semi-enclosed air basin with a unique planetary boundary layer dynamic. We extend our previous satellite methodology to the Mexico City area, a region with higher PM2.5 than most U.S. and European urban areas. Using a novel 1 km resolution AOD product from the MODIS instrument, we constructed daily predictions across the greater Mexico City area for 2004-2014. We calibrated the association of AOD to PM2.5 daily using municipal ground monitors, land use, and meteorological features. Predictions used spatial and temporal smoothing to estimate AOD when satellite data were missing. Our model performed well, resulting in an out-of-sample cross-validation R(2) of 0.724. Cross-validated root-mean-squared prediction error (RMSPE) of the model was 5.55 μg/m(3). This novel model reconstructs long- and short-term spatially resolved exposure to PM2.5 for epidemiological studies in Mexico City.

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GeographyOptical PhenomenaParticle SizeSatellite CommunicationsAerosolsCalibrationMexicoModels, TheoreticalParticulate MatterRegression AnalysisUnited StatesAerosolsParticulate Matter

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PMID26061488
PMCPMC4509833

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