Assessment of human health impact from exposure to multiple air pollutants in China based on satellite observations |
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| Institution: | 1. Center for Spatial Information, School of Environment and Natural Resources, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Jointly Sponsored by Beijing Normal University and the Institute of Remote Sensing Applications, CAS, Beijing 100875, China;3. School of Geography and Remote Sensing Sciences, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China;4. IMSG at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, 5825 University Research Center, MD 20740, USA;1. Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, Beijing, 100012, China;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA;3. School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China;4. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300350, China;1. Air Health Science Division, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada;2. School of Urban Planning, McGill University, Montreal, Canada;3. Department of Civil Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada;1. School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences, Beijing, 100083, China;2. College of Water Resources, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou, 450046, China;3. Key Laboratory of Carrying Capacity Assessment for Resource and Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People’s Republic of China, Beijing, 100083, China |
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| Abstract: | Assessment of human health impact caused by air pollution is crucial for evaluating environmental hazards. In this paper, concentrations of six air pollutants (PM10, PM2.5, NO2, SO2, O3, and CO) were first derived from satellite observations, and then the overall human health risks in China caused by multiple air pollutants were assessed using an aggregated health risks index. Unlike traditional approach for human health risks assessment, which relied on the in-situ air pollution measurements, the spatial distribution of aggregated human health risks in China were obtained using satellite observations in this research. It was indicated that the remote sensing data have advantages over in-situ data in accessing human health impact caused by air pollution. |
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| Keywords: | Multiple air pollutants Human health Assessment Distribution Remote sensing |
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