• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 35, Issue 1, 101001 (2015)
Fan Jiao*, Guo Baofeng, and He Hongchang
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    DOI: 10.3788/aos201535.0101001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fan Jiao, Guo Baofeng, He Hongchang. Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Thickness with MODIS Data over Hangzhou[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2015, 35(1): 101001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Because the aerosol type is very important in the inversion of optical thickness, it can greatly improve the inversion precision by using the most accurate aerosol type of the inversion area. Combined with the moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) data, a mathematic model for solving the aerosol concentration ratio in Hangzhou area is proposed. By using the aerosol types of this mathematical model, the aerosol optical thickness can be obtained based on the 6S atmospheric model combined with the improved dense dark vegetation. The aerosol observation results are compared with aerosol values detected by AERONET sun photometer, which show that the inversion error absolute value is within 20% . The Hangzhou area atmospheric aerosol optical standard type 6S atmospheric model is given and the thicknesses of the inversion are compared with the inversion values using custom aerosol. The results show that the absolute value of retrieval relative errors of optical thicknesses by using aerosol types of custom value is 3% lower than that by using standard aerosol type value.
    Fan Jiao, Guo Baofeng, He Hongchang. Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Thickness with MODIS Data over Hangzhou[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2015, 35(1): 101001
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