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Estimating The Maritime Component Of Aerosol Optical Depth And Its Dependency On Surface Wind Speed Using Satellite Data, Y. Lehahn, I. Koren, E. Boss, Y. Ben-Ami, O. Altaratz
Estimating The Maritime Component Of Aerosol Optical Depth And Its Dependency On Surface Wind Speed Using Satellite Data, Y. Lehahn, I. Koren, E. Boss, Y. Ben-Ami, O. Altaratz
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Six years (2003-2008) of satellite measurements of aerosol parameters from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and surface wind speeds from Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT), the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E), and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), are used to provide a comprehensive perspective on the link between surface wind speed and marine aerosol optical depth over tropical and subtropical oceanic regions. A systematic comparison between the satellite derived fields in these regions allows to: (i) separate the relative contribution of wind-induced marine aerosol to the aerosol optical depth; (ii) extract an empirical linear equation linking coarse marine aerosol optical …