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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2007.28.1.123

Large-Scale Transport of Air Pollutants in the East Asian Region: Satellite and Ground Observations  

Kim, Hak-Sung (Department of Earth Sciences, Korea National University of Education)
Chung, Yong-Seung (Korea-China Centre for Atmospheric Research)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.28, no.1, 2007 , pp. 123-135 More about this Journal
Abstract
Five episodes of the large-scale transport of air pollutants in East Asia and its inflow into the Korean Peninsula have been analyzed through satellite and ground observations. These episodes include regionally polluted continental airmass, which is created by the pollutants produced in the cities and the industrial regions in China, to land on or pass through the Korean Peninsula by way of the Yellow Sea. The analysis of the NOAA satellite observation data made it possible to create images by combining 3 channels of visible and infrared ray ranges and also to identify the distribution and the transport of the air pollution mass over the Yellow Sea. The ground observation data of the air pollutants gathered in Chongwon were found highly valuable in verifying the information in comparison with ones from the satellite. Especially, regarding the episodes of large-scale transport of the air pollutants, the difference of concentration between $PM_{10}\;and\;PM_{2.5}$ was found small with the increase of $PM_{2.5}$ value. The concentration of $PM_{10}$ in the episode of yellows and, however, was found much higher than that of $PM_{2.5}$. In the episode of 27 January 2006, the inflow of the regionally polluted continental air mass into the central and southwestern region of the Korean Peninsula was observed sequentially in the various ground observatories as well as by the satellite. The north-northwest airflow dissipated the clouds over from Mt. Halla in Jeju Island up to far downwind, reduced air pollution, and created von $K\acute{a}rm\acute{a}n$ vortex.
Keywords
large-scale transport of air pollutants; episodes; satellite and ground observation; $PM_{10}$; $PM_{2.5}$;
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