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Reconstructing long-term (1980–2022) daily ground particulate matter concentrations in India (LongPMInd)
Shuai Wang
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Mengyuan Zhang
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Hui Zhao
School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Jiangsu University of Technology, Changzhou 213001, China
Peng Wang
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
IRDR ICoE on Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Weather/Climate Extremes Impact and Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Sri Harsha Kota
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 110016, India
Qingyan Fu
Shanghai Academy of Environmental Sciences, Shanghai 200003, China
Cong Liu
School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
IRDR ICoE on Risk Interconnectivity and Governance on Weather/Climate Extremes Impact and Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
Institute of Eco-Chongming (IEC), East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
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Long-term, open-source, gap-free daily ground-level PM2.5 and PM10 datasets for India (LongPMInd) were reconstructed using a robust machine learning model to support health assessment and air quality management.
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