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The rapid economic development of this area has resulted in many environmental problems, including extremely high concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5). However, current ground observations lack spatial and temporal coverage. In this study, satellite remote sensing techniques were used to analyze the variation in NO2 and PM2.5 from 2005 to 2015 in the CCEZ. The Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol optical depth (AOD) product were used to retrieve tropospheric NO2 vertical columns and estimate ground-level PM2.5 concentrations, respectively. Geographically, high NO2 concentrations were mainly located in the northwest of Chengdu and southeast of Chongqing. However, high PM2.5 concentrations were mainly located in the center areas of the basin. The seasonal average NO2 and PM2.5 concentrations were both highest in winter and lowest in summer. The seasonal average NO2 and PM2.5 were as high as 749.33 \u00d7 1013 molecules\u00b7cm\u22122 and 132.39 \u00b5g\u00b7m\u22123 in winter 2010, respectively. Over 11 years, the annual average NO2 and PM2.5 values in the CCEZ increased initially and then decreased, with 2011 as the inflection point. In 2007, the concentration of NO2 reached its lowest value since 2005, which was 230.15 \u00d7 1013 molecules\u00b7cm\u22122, and in 2015, the concentration of PM2.5 reached its lowest value since 2005, which was 26.43 \u00b5g\u00b7m\u22123. Our study demonstrates the potential use of satellite remote sensing to compensate for the lack of ground-observed data when quantitatively analyzing the spatial\u2013temporal variations in regional air quality.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s18113950","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,15]],"date-time":"2018-11-15T11:32:47Z","timestamp":1542281567000},"page":"3950","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["Spatial\u2013Temporal Variations in NO2 and PM2.5 over the Chengdu\u2013Chongqing Economic Zone in China during 2005\u20132015 Based on Satellite Remote Sensing"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"18","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8896-7344","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kun","family":"Cai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Environment and Planning, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China"},{"name":"College of Computer and Information Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qiushuang","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Computer and Information Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Shenshen","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yujing","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Computer and Information Engineering, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Ge","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"107","article-title":"Fuzzy Comprehensive Assessment of the Urban Air Quality in the Chengdu-Chongqing Economic Zone","volume":"31","author":"Li","year":"2012","journal-title":"Sichuan Environ."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"55","DOI":"10.1016\/j.atmosres.2012.10.028","article-title":"Evaluation of high resolution simulated and OMI retrieved tropospheric NO2 column densities over Southeastern Europe","volume":"122","author":"Zyrichidou","year":"2013","journal-title":"Atmos. 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