Evaluation of VIIRS Land Aerosol Model Selection with AERONET Measurements
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Datasets and Methods
2.1. Datasets
2.2. Methods
3. Results and Analysis
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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VIIRS Aerosol Types | Characteristics and Regions | AERONET Aerosol Types | AERONET Classification Criteria |
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Dust | Absorption and coarse mode, Sahara, Middle East | Dust | FMF < 0.4 and SSA ≤ 0.95 |
High Absorption Smoke | High absorption, South Africa, savanna fires | BC | FMF > 0.6 and SSA ≤ 0.95 |
Low Absorption Smoke | Low absorption, South America, woody burning | BC | FMF > 0.6 and SSA ≤ 0.95 |
Clean Urban | Low absorption, developed regions | NA | FMF > 0.6 and SSA > 0.95 |
Polluted Urban | High absorption, developing regions | BC | FMF > 0.6 and SSA ≤ 0.95 |
Not available | Not available | Mixture | 0.4 ≤ FMF ≤ 0.6 |
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Wang, W.; Pan, Z.; Mao, F.; Gong, W.; Shen, L. Evaluation of VIIRS Land Aerosol Model Selection with AERONET Measurements. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 1016. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091016
Wang W, Pan Z, Mao F, Gong W, Shen L. Evaluation of VIIRS Land Aerosol Model Selection with AERONET Measurements. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(9):1016. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091016
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Wei, Zengxin Pan, Feiyue Mao, Wei Gong, and Longjiao Shen. 2017. "Evaluation of VIIRS Land Aerosol Model Selection with AERONET Measurements" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 9: 1016. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091016