Aerosol optical depth retrieval in the Arctic region using MODIS based on prior knowledge

• Main Authors: Mei, L., Xue, Y., Leeuw, G., Hou, T., Guang, J., Yang, L., Li, Y., Xu, H., He, X.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Arctic; Ittoqqortoormiit; Tiksi; albedo; Andenes
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amtd-4-7597-2011; https://amt.copernicus.org/preprints/amt-2011-146/

The Arctic is especially vulnerable to the long-term transport of aerosols and other pollutants because aerosols can affect the albedo of the surface by deposition on snow and ice. However, aerosol observations for this area are sparse and hence there is considerable uncertainty in the knowledge on...