Abstract
To evaluate the performance of satellite-derived PM2.5 concentrations against ground-based measurements in the municipality of Salvador (state of Bahia, Brazil) and the implications of these estimations for the associations of PM2.5 with daily non-accidental mortality. This is a daily time series study covering the period from 2011 to 2016. A correction factor to improve the alignment between the two data sources was proposed. Effects of PM2.5 were estimated in Poisson generalized additive models, combined with a distributed lag approach. According to the results, satellite data underestimated the PM2.5 levels compared to ground measurements. However, the application of a correction factor improved the alignment between satellite and ground-based data. We found no significant differences between the estimated relative risks based on the corrected satellite data and those based on ground measurements. In this study we highlight the importance of validating satellite-modeled PM2.5 data to assess and understand health impacts. The development of models using remote sensing to estimate PM2.5 allows the quantification of health risks arising from the exposure.
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