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Evaluation Of Aerosol Optical Depth And Aerosol Models From Viirs Retrieval Algorithms Over North China Plain, Jun Zhu, Xiangao Xia, Jun Wang, Huizheng Che, Hongbin Chen, Jinqiang Zhang, Xiaoguang Xu, Robert Levy, Min Oo, Robert Holz, Mohammed Ayoub

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The first Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) was launched on Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite in late 2011. Similar to the Moderate resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS), VIIRS observes top-of-atmosphere spectral reflectance and is potentially suitable for retrieval of the aerosol optical depth (AOD). The VIIRS Environmental Data Record data (VIIRS_EDR) is produced operationally by NOAA, and is based on the MODIS atmospheric correction algorithm. The “MODIS-like” VIIRS data (VIIRS_ML) are being produced experimentally at NASA, from a version of the “dark-target” algorithm that is applied to MODIS. In this study, the AOD and aerosol model types from these …