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The coarse Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol optical depth (AOD) product (spatial resolution: 3 km) retrieved by the dark-target algorithm always generates the missing values when being adopted to estimate the ground-level PM2.5 concentrations. In this study, we developed a two-stage random forest using MODIS 3-km AOD to obtain the PM2.5 concentrations with full coverage in a contiguous coastal developed region, i.e., Yangtze River delta-Fujian-Pearl River delta (YRD-FJ-PRD) region of China. A first-stage random forest-integrated six meteorological fields was employed to predict the missing values of AOD product, and the combined AOD (i.e., random forest-derived AOD and MODIS 3-km AOD) incorporated with other ancillary variables were developed for predicting PM2.5 concentrations within a second-stage random forest model. The results showed that the first-stage random forest could explain 94% of the AOD variability over YRD-FJ-PRD region, and we achieved a site-based cross validation (CV) R-2 of 0.87 and a time-based CV R-2 of 0.85. The full-coverage PM2.5 concentrations illustrated a spatial pattern with annual-mean PM2.5 of 46, 40, and 35 mu g m(-3) in YRD, PRD, and FJ, respectively, sharing the same trend with previous studies. Our results indicated that the proposed two-stage random forest model could be effectively used for PM2.5 estimation in different areas.
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JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEANIC TECHNOLOGY
ISSN: 0739-0572
Year: 2021
Issue: 12
Volume: 38
Page: 2071-2080
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1 . 9 0 0
JCR@2023
ESI Discipline: GEOSCIENCES;
ESI HC Threshold:77
JCR Journal Grade:3
CAS Journal Grade:3
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WoS CC Cited Count: 7
SCOPUS Cited Count: 7
ESI Highly Cited Papers on the List: 0 Unfold All
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30 Days PV: 2