Validation, Comparison, and Integration of GOCI, AHI, MODIS, MISR, and VIIRS Aerosol Optical Depth Over East Asia During the 2016 KORUS-AQ Campaign

• Published in: Atmospheric measurement techniques Vol. 12; no. 8; pp. 4619 - 4641
• Main Authors: Choi, Myungje, Lim, Hyunkwang, Kim, Jhoon, Lee, Seoyoung, Eck, Thomas F, Holben, Brent N, Garay, Michael J, Hyer, Edward J, Saide, Pablo E, Liu, Hongqing
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Goddard Space Flight Center Copernicus Publications 30.08.2019; Copernicus GmbH
• Subjects: Accuracy; Aerosol measurements; Aerosol optical depth; Aerosol transport; Aerosols; Air quality; Air quality measurements; Air quality models; Comparative analysis; Daylight; Detection; Diurnal variations; Earth; Earth orbit; Earth orbits; Earth Resources And Remote Sensing; Image processing; Imaging techniques; Infrared imaging; Infrared radiometers; Low earth orbits; Meteorological satellites; Metropolitan areas; MODIS; Observations; Ocean color; Ocean colour; Oceans; Optical analysis; Optical thickness; Pollution; Pollution dispersion; Pollution transport; Products; Radiometers; Reflectance; Remote sensing; Resolution; Root-mean-square errors; Satellites; Satellites (Spacecraft); Sensors; Smoke; Spectroradiometers; Temporal resolution; Transboundary pollution; Transport; East Asia; South Korea

Recently launched multichannel geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite sensors, such as the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager (GOCI) and the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI), provide aerosol products over East Asia with high accuracy, which enables the monitoring of rapid diurnal variations and the t...