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http://dx.doi.org/10.7780/kjrs.2016.32.5.8

Effects of morbidity in Korean peninsula due to sand dust using satellite aerosol observations  

Choi, Minyoung (General Graduate School, Kyunghee University)
Kim, Hyunglok (Department of Water Resources, Sungkyunkwan University)
Kim, Sangman (Department of Business Administration, Kyunghee University)
Choi, Minha (Department of Water Resources, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Korean Journal of Remote Sensing / v.32, no.5, 2016 , pp. 499-509 More about this Journal
Abstract
The occurrence of sand dust has been steadily increased since 1990 and the amount of damage was also increased. In most of previous studies, ground based observations were used for sand dust analyses, but its high spatio-temporal variability has not been well understood. In this study, satellite aerosol observations were used to overcome current limitations of the sand dust variability in space and time and to estimate associations with morbidity of respiratory and cardiovascular ailments. In general, high AODs were observed in the west part of the Koran peninsula in spring. The reasonable associations between the morbidity and sand dust were observed from April to July with highest positive correlation (~0.6) at three month lags (lag 3). Based on the results, we found a utility of the satellite aerosol observations for sand dust analyses by considering of morbidity effects. In addition, health effect against the sand dust is proved to be examined and smooth medical supplies and prevention of undesired medical expenses would be possible.
Keywords
Satellite dataset; health condition; aerosol; big data of health and medical treatment;
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