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The project aerosol-CCI as part of European Space Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) has provided three aerosol retrieval algorithms for the Advanced Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) aboard on ENVISAT. For the purpose of estimating different performance of these three algorithms in Asia, in this paper we compared the Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) of L2 data (10km×10km) including FMI...
A wide range of data products have been published since the operation of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) sensor on NASA's TERRA and AQUA satellites. Based on DarkTarget and DeepBlue method, NASA has published Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) products Collection 6.0 with spatial resolution of 3km. Although validated globally, regional and systematic errors are still found in the...
In recent years, regional haze weather appears frequently in China. The North China Plain is one of the four main regions in China heavily afflicted by haze. Since 2013, there have been many times of haze event in the North China Plain, and the quite severe haze pollution incidents took place in May 5–7, June 26–29 and September 28–30. This paper, investigates into these three severe haze episodes...
In this paper, an analytical strategy is presented to retrieve jointly aerosol optical depth (AOD) and surface reflectance (R) from geostationary satellites. The new algorithm is based on a parameterization of the atmospheric radiative transfer model. Taking AOD and R as unknown parameters and based on some reasonable assumptions of AOD's spatial consistence and R's temporal invariance, both parameters...
Aerosol optical depth (AOD) is a key parameter reflecting aerosol properties, and it is inevitable to mosaic multi-orbit data while making AOD datasets in some situations due to the limitation in scanning width of various instruments. This article summarizes some conventional methods eliminating seams of mosaic images, and introduces the idea of combining the Gaussian dispersion model into mosaic...
Since the year of 2011, PM2.5 have become a heated topic in China. Particulate matter (PM), also known as aerosol, is one of the major pollutants that affect air quality. Exposure to particular matter with aerodynamic diameters less than 2.5 µm (PM2.5) can cause lung and respiratory diseases and even premature deaths. In this paper we use the aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrieved by the Synergetic...
Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) is an important index that indicates the aerosol condition. This article summarizes the efforts to explore discrepancies in the AOD retrieval process, mainly focusing on consistency analysis among multiple instruments and algorithms, and we conduct the experiments of consistency in a single instrument and algorithm of AOD retrieval based on the Synergetic Retrieval of Aerosol...
In recent years the satellite monitoring capabilities in particular to derive maps of aerosol optical depth (AOD) have increased tremendously. There are many aerosol retrieval algorithms for different satellites and sensors. In 2005, a new algorithm for AOD retrieval by synergetic use of of Terra and Aqua MODIS data (SYNTAM) was proposed by Tang et al. With this algorithm, surface reflectance and...
Aerosol optical depth (AOD) is a significant indicator of dust episode. However, AOD retrieval over land still remains a difficult task because the measured signal is a composite of reflectance of sunlight by the variable surface covers and back scattering by the semitransparent aerosol layer. In this paper, an approach using bi-angle with Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) data...
On Oct. 28th, 2009, a heavy fog hit East China. From the MODIS RGB composite image, it can be seen clearly that, much of land of the area (110°-123°E, 30°-42°N) was covered by the heavy fog or cloud. Using MODIS multi-satellite algorithm for aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrieval, we get the AOD Map at 470, 550 and 660 nm from MODIS data at 1km × 1km resolution. By Validating with the AERONET data,...
This paper describes a case study of satellite data integrated with HYSPLIT forward-trajectory model to forecast air quality in regional scale. During mid-October 2009, a severe haze event occurs in eastern China. With the help of HYSPLIT Trajectory Model, a 24-hr, 48-hr and 72-hr forward trajectory from three regions with high aerosol optical depth (AOD) values were created. Forward trajectories...
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