Long-term statistical assessment of Aqua-MODIS aerosol optical depth over coastal regions: bias characteristics and uncertainty sources

• Main Authors: Jacob C Anderson, Jun Wang, Jing Zeng, Gregory Leptoukh, Maksym Petrenko, Charles Ichoku, Chuanmin Hu
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Merra; Aerosol Robotic Network
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1050.8587; http://eas2.unl.edu/%7Ejwang/docs/publication/paper_pdf/2013/Anderson_2013.pdf

A B S T R A C T Coastal regions around the globe represent a major source for anthropogenic aerosols in the atmosphere, but the surface characteristics may not be optimal for the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) algorithms designed for aerosol retrievals over dark land or ocean...