Comparison of AOD from CALIPSO, MODIS, and Sun Photometer under Different Conditions over Central China

Abstract Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) provides three-dimensional information on aerosol optical properties across the globe. However, the performance of CALIPSO aerosol optical depth (AOD) products under different air quality conditions remains unclear....

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Autores principales: Boming Liu, Yingying Ma, Wei Gong, Ming Zhang, Wei Wang, Yifan Shi
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/523af7c87ddb49e2bacb980ba5878982
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Sumario:Abstract Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) provides three-dimensional information on aerosol optical properties across the globe. However, the performance of CALIPSO aerosol optical depth (AOD) products under different air quality conditions remains unclear. In this research, three years of CALIPSO level 2 AOD data (November 2013 to December 2017) were employed to compare with the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) level 2 columnar AOD products and ground-based sun photometer measurements for the same time period. To investigate the effect of air quality on AODs retrieved from CALIPSO, the AODs obtained from CALIPSO, MODIS, and sun photometer were inter-compared under different air quality conditions over Wuhan and Dengfeng. The average absolute bias of AOD between CALIPSO and sun photometer was 0.22 ± 0.21, 0.11 ± 0.07, and 0.14 ± 0.13 under clean, moderate, and polluted weather, respectively. The result indicates that the CALIPSO AOD were more reliable under moderate and polluted days. Moreover, the deviation of AOD between CALIPSO and sun photometer was largest (0.23 ± 0.21) in the autumn season, and lowest (0.13 ± 0.12) in the winter season. The results show that CALIPSO AOD products were more applicable to regions and seasons with high aerosol concentrations.