Preliminary discussion about the air pollution status in Afghanistan from Aerosol Optical Depth

Sayed Esmatullah Torabi; Muhammad Amin; Worradorn Phairuang; Mitsuhiko Hata; Masami Furuuchi

doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1199/1/012022

Preliminary discussion about the air pollution status in Afghanistan from Aerosol Optical Depth

Sayed Esmatullah Torabi
, Muhammad Amin
, Worradorn Phairuang
, Mitsuhiko Hata
, Masami Furuuchi

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Abstract

Kabul city, the capital of Afghanistan, has suffered from poor air quality for the last two decades. This study focuses on Kabul's spatiotemporal characteristics of aerosol optical depth (AOD). The annual and long-term 20 years of AOD data were retrieved from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) a combination of Terra and Aqua satellites using the Google Earth Engine geospatial analysis platform to determine seasonal variation and long-term trend of the aerosols. The air mass backward trajectories were calculated using the Hybrid Single-Particle Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT) model. Furthermore, ArcGIS 10.7.1 is used to visualize the AOD over the city. The results show high AOD in summer. However, autumn is recorded as the lowest average AOD season. In addition, the 20 years of data from 2001 to 2021 shows a slight increase in AOD. We suggest that the increase in AOD in the city is due to the rapid growth of the population. The cross-boundary atmospheric aerosols affect the air quality in the city.

Original language	English
Article number	012022
Journal	IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Volume	1199
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1199/1/012022
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	2nd ASEAN International Conference on Energy and Environment, AICEE 2022 - Hybrid, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Duration: 14 Sep 2022 → 15 Sep 2022

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Keywords

AOD
Afghanistan
Air pollution
MODIS
Satellite data

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General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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