Multi-sensor data assimilation of aerosol optical depth

• Published in: 2011 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium pp. 3253 - 3256
• Main Authors: Hui Xu, Yong Xue, Jie Guang, Yingjie Li, Ying Wang, Linlu Mei
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.07.2011
• Subjects: Aerosol optical depth; Aerosols; Covariance matrix; Data assimilation; Kalman filter; Meteorology; MISR; MODIS; Optical filters; optimal interpolation; Satellites; three-dimensional variation

As a result of increasing attention paid to aerosols in climate studies, numerous global satellite aerosol products have been generated. There exists, however, an outstanding problem that these satellite products have substantial discrepancies, that must be lowered substantially for narrowing the ra...