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: Received: 7 May 2018 / Approved: 8 May 2018 / Online: 8 May 2018 (06:30:56 CEST)
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McPhetres, A.; Aggarwal, S. Evaluation of MODIS-Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth in Alaska: Implications for Surface Air Quality Applications. Preprints2018, 2018050123. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201805.0123.v1
McPhetres, A.; Aggarwal, S. Evaluation of MODIS-Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth in Alaska: Implications for Surface Air Quality Applications. Preprints 2018, 2018050123. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201805.0123.v1
McPhetres, A.; Aggarwal, S. Evaluation of MODIS-Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth in Alaska: Implications for Surface Air Quality Applications. Preprints2018, 2018050123. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201805.0123.v1
APA Style
McPhetres, A., & Aggarwal, S. (2018). Evaluation of MODIS-Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth in Alaska: Implications for Surface Air Quality Applications. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201805.0123.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
McPhetres, A. and Srijan Aggarwal. 2018 "Evaluation of MODIS-Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth in Alaska: Implications for Surface Air Quality Applications" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201805.0123.v1
Abstract
The air quality monitoring network in Alaska is currently limited to ground-based observations in urban areas and national parks leaving a large proportion of the state unmonitored. The use of MODIS aerosol optical depth (AOD) to estimate ground-level particulate pollution concentrations has been successfully demonstrated around the world, and could potentially be used in Alaska. In this work, MODIS AOD measurements at 550 nm were validated against AOD derived from AERONET ground-based sunphotometers in Barrow and Bonanza Creek to determine if MODIS AOD from the Terra and Aqua satellites could be used to estimate ground-level particulate pollution concentrations. The MODIS AOD was obtained from MODIS collection 6 using the dark target Land and Ocean algorithms from 2000 to 2014. MODIS data could only be obtained between the months of April and October; therefore, it could only be validated for those months. Individual and combined Terra and Aqua MODIS data were considered. The results showed that MODIS collection 6 products at 10 km resolution for Terra and Aqua combined are not valid over land but are valid over the ocean. On the other hand, the individual Terra and Aqua MODIS collection 6 AOD products at 10 km resolution are valid over land individually but not when combined. Results also suggest the MODIS collection 6 AOD products at 3 km resolution are valid over land and ocean and perform better over land than the 10-km product. These findings indicate that MODIS collection 6 AOD products can be used quantitatively in air quality applications in Alaska during the summer months.
Keywords
AOD; MODIS; Alaska; AERONET; air quality
Subject
Environmental and Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Science and Meteorology
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