“…In addition to ground monitoring stations, satellites are increasingly being used for monitoring air quality and tracking air pollution sources. The increasing availability of remotely sensed data obtained using advanced sensors with high resolutions made satellite-based data highly useful for monitoring air pollutants and physical conditions of the Earth's surface ( Boudriki Semlali and Amrani, 2021 ; Semlali and Amrani, 2020 ; Semlali et al, 2021 ; Semlali and El Amrani, 2021 ; Weigand et al, 2019 ). Moreover, metrological and satellite-based derivatives are incorporated in various studies to elucidate the spatiotemporal patterns of air pollutants, biophysical parameters, and the associated respiratory diseases ( Alvarez-Mendoza et al, 2020 ; Chang et al, 2019 ; Davila Cordova et al, 2020 ; de Souza, 2019 ; Sun et al, 2020 ; Yitshak-Sade et al, 2018 ).…”