Abstract
PM2.5 originated from anthropogenic or natural sources is still a problem worldwide and highly associated with health impacts. In this study, mortality associated with PM2.5 was calculated using satellite retrievals and ground observations for Turkey and Iran. A high-resolution population dataset along with high resolution satellite-derived PM2.5 estimations (all compositions and dust and sea-salt removed) developed from aerosol optical depth (AOD) data were used. Health risk estimations attributable to PM2.5 from ischemic heart disease and lung cancer along with all causes were calculated by applying the cause-specific mortality rates for Turkey and Iran for the year 2016. According to dust and sea-salt removed satellite-derived PM2.5, mortality estimations of 36967 in Turkey and 34491 in Iran were estimated by all causes. Meanwhile, estimations of 40583 in Turkey and 34153 in Iran were found using ground PM2.5 observations for provinces with monitoring stations. Province-based estimations were obtained with better spatially resolved PM2.5 concentrations. Estimations using ground observations were higher than ones using satellite-derived PM2.5 for Turkey, but similar for Iran, even without national coverage. However, estimations with all composition satellite-based PM2.5 were significantly higher in Iran than Turkey. Values estimated in this study were found to be higher than global studies for both countries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2350-2360 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Atmospheric Pollution Research |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2020
Funding
We would like to thank A. van Donkelaar, and R. V. Martin for Satellite-Derived PM2.5 Dataset and SEDAC for Gridded Population of the World (GPW) Dataset.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| SEDAC |
Keywords
- Health risk
- Mortality
- PM
- Remote sensing
