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Meteosat-8 images

Aerosol Optical Depth 3 March 2004 11:00 UTC.

Three values of Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) are retrieved over cloud- and glint-free ocean in three SEVIRI shortwave spectral bands, independently using the 3rd generation NOAA/NESDISD aerosol algorithm for AVHRR/3 (Ignatov et al. 2002)1). Dust detection by Helen Brindley (Imperial College London UK)

AOD VIS0.6

aerosol optical depth VIS0.6

AOD VIS0.8

aerosol optical depth VIS0.8

AOD IR1.6

aerosol optical depth IR1.6

1)
Ignatov, A., and Stowe, L., 2002. Aerosol Retrievals from Individual AVHRR Channels: I. Retrieval Algorithm and transition from Dave to 6S radiative transfer model. J. Atm. Sci, 59, 313–334.
aerosols/aerosols_ocean.txt · Last modified: 2013/10/14 11:03 by aipe