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Aerosol Optical Depth

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The two maps show global distribution of aerosol optical depth for the last week of 2002The two maps show global distribution of aerosol optical depth (0.66 µm) for the last week of 2002, derived from the Terra MODIS data on the CERES SSF dataset.

The upper panel shows the product generated by the MODIS team (multi-channel "NPOESS VIIRS-like" retrievals).

The lower panel shows an "AVHRR-like" product derived using the NESDIS 3rd generation single-channel aerosol algorithm (currently used with AVHRR/3 onboard NOAA-16, -17, and -18 platforms) with MODIS radiances.


distribution of aerosol optical depth


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