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Annual Mean PM2.5 Components (EC, NH4, NO3, OC, SO4) 50m Urban and 1km Non-Urban Area Grids for Contiguous U.S., 2000-2019 v1

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

The Annual Mean PM2.5 Components (EC, NH4, NO3, OC, SO4) 50m Urban and 1km Non-Urban Area Grids for Contiguous U.S., 2000-2019, v1 data set contains annual predictions of the chemical concentrations at a hyper resolution (50m x 50m grid cells) in urban areas and at a high resolution (1km x 1km grid cells) in non-urban areas for the years 2000 to 2019. Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 �m (PM2.5) increases mortality and morbidity. PM2.5 is composed of a mixture of chemical components that vary across space and time. Due to limited hyperlocal data availability, less is known about health risks of PM2.5 components, their U.S.-wide exposure disparities, or which species are driving the biggest intra-urban changes in PM2.5 mass. The national super-learned models were developed across the U.S. for hyperlocal estimation of annual mean elemental carbon, ammonium, nitrate, organic carbon, and sulfate concentrations across 3,535 urban areas at a 50m spatial resolution, and at a 1km resolution for non-urban areas from 2000 to 2019. Using Machine-Learning models (ML), combined with either a Generalized Additive Model (GAM) Ensemble Geographically-Weighted-Averaging (GAM-ENWA) or Super-Learning (SL) and approximately 82 billion predictions across 20 years, hyperlocal super-learned PM2.5 components are now available for further research. The overall R-squared values of 10-fold cross validated models ranged from 0.910 to 0.970 on the training sets for these components, while on the test sets the R-squared values ranged from 0.860 to 0.960. Remarkable spatiotemporal intra-urban and inter-urban variabilities were found in PM2.5 components. The Coordinate Reference System (CRS) for predictions is the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) and the Units for the PM2.5 Components are �g/m^3. The data are provided in RDS tabular format, a file format native to the R programming language, but can also be opened by other languages such as Python.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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Harvested from NASA Data.json

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date May 30, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher SEDAC
Maintainer
Identifier C2673736502-SEDAC
Data First Published 2023-04-28
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-04-28
Category AQDH, geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://data.nasa.gov/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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Citation Amini, H., M. Danesh-Yazdi, Q. Di, W. Requia, Y. Wei, Y. AbuAwad, L. Shi, M. Franklin, C.-M. Kang, J. M. Wolfson, P. James, R. Habre, Q. Zhu, J. S. Apte, Z. J. Andersen, X. Xing, C. Hultquist, I. Kloog, F. Dominici, P. Koutrakis, and J. Schwartz. 2023-04-28. Annual Mean PM2.5 Components (EC, NH4, NO3, OC, SO4) 50m Urban and 1km Non-Urban Area Grids for Contiguous U.S., 2000-2019 v1. Version 1.00. Palisades, NY. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/10.7927/wj3-en73. https://doi.org/10.7927/7wj3-en73.
Creator Amini, H., M. Danesh-Yazdi, Q. Di, W. Requia, Y. Wei, Y. AbuAwad, L. Shi, M. Franklin, C.-M. Kang, J. M. Wolfson, P. James, R. Habre, Q. Zhu, J. S. Apte, Z. J. Andersen, X. Xing, C. Hultquist, I. Kloog, F. Dominici, P. Koutrakis, and J. Schwartz
Graphic Preview Description Sample browse graphic of the data set.
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Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/10.7927/wj3-en73
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Program Code 026:001
Release Place Palisades, NY
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Temporal 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z/2019-12-31T00:00:00Z

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