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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 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...
The algorithm is based on the assumption that TOA reflectance increase with the aerosol load as well as the surface reflectance at same time gradually changes on different days within 14 days. Then the surface reflectance is derived from FengYun-2D (FY2D) measurements every 1 hour as the second darkest of reflectance for each time of day to minimize the effect of geometry change and cloud. The “true...
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...
Green Vegetation Fraction (GVF) is the fraction of area within the instrument footprint occupied by green vegetation. Information on GVF is needed to estimate the surface energy balance in numerical weather prediction (NWP) and climate models. For the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R Series (GOES-R) Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) algorithm development, a normalized difference vegetation...
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) program is developing the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI), a new generation sensor to be carried onboard the GEOS-R satellite (launch expected in 2014). Compared to the current GOES Imager, ABI will have significant advantages for retrieving land surface temperature (LST) as well as providing qualitative and quantitative data for a wide range...
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