Quantification of uncertainty in aerosol optical thickness ...

Climatology of Aerosol Optical Properties at Storm Peak Laboratory

ABSTRACT Aerosols create large uncertainty in the planetary energy balance due to both direct and indirect radiative forcing.

Aerosol optical depth disaggregation: toward global aerosol vertical ...

This uncertainty arises in part from the difficulty in measuring the vertical distributions of aerosols, and only sporadic vertically resolved ...

Effect of Spectral Variability of Aerosol Optical Properties on Direct ...

Despite the importance of quantifying the aerosol radiative effect for future climate predictions, estimates have a larger uncertainty. Global ...

Exploring Aerosol Optical Thickness Using MODIS Satellite Imagery ...

"An aerosol optical thickness of less than 0.1 indicates a crystal clear sky with maximum visibility, whereas a value of 4 indicates the ...

EPS Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) Algorithm Theoretical Basis ...

ten bisection steps are performed, regardless of measurement uncertainty. The process starts with dividing the range of 𝜂𝜂 between 0 and 1 ...

Measuring Atmospheric Aerosols Despite the Clouds - Eos.org

Neglecting aerosol calculations can lead to biases in measuring the cloud optical depth, which correlates with how much light can pass through ...

Global Estimates of Ambient Fine Particulate Matter Concentrations ...

The 1 SD of uncertainty in the satellite-derived PM2.5 is 25%, which is inferred from the AOD retrieval and from aerosol vertical profile errors and sampling.

Theoretical Uncertainty Analysis of Satellite Retrieved Aerosol ...

We use the propagation of error approach [61] to quantify the uncertainty of aerosol optical depth concerning the uncertainty of surface albedo ...

Quantification of tropical monsoon precipitation changes in terms of ...

3.1 Aerosol optical depth and radiative forcing. The spatial patterns of additional AOD associated with different meridional distributions of ...

Quantifying links between aerosol optical depth and rapid ...

The regional study results show that the correlation between the operational AOD observations (MOD04_3K) at 3 km resolution and the in situ AOD measurements ...

Long-term statistical assessment of Aqua-MODIS aerosol optical ...

Overall, the Dark Ocean algorithm overestimates the AERONET coastal AOD by 0.021 for AOD < 0.25 and underestimates it by 0.029 for AOD > 0.25. This dichotomy is ...

Parameterization of clear-sky surface irradiance and its implications ...

Linear or nonlinear relationships between aerosol optical depth (τa) and have been established to describe the aerosol direct radiative effect ...

Methodology for determining aerosol optical depth from brewer 300 ...

Results show that if a sufficiently large number of cloud-free mornings or afternoons is available, a reliable calibration can be achieved even at sea-level ...

MODIS Aerosol Optical Thickness Product Algorithm Verification and ...

A Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aerosol optical thickness inversion algorithm has been rapidly developed in recent years, forming ...

Trend Analysis of Aerosol Optical Depth and Ångström Exponent ...

In this context, trend analysis (annual (in Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) at 550 nm and Ångström Exponent Anomaly (ÅEA) at 470 - 660 nm) and seasonal (AOD)) from ...

Daily estimates of aerosol optical thickness over land surface ... - HAL

of the surface and the aerosol parameters, which are attrib- uted to measurement noise and uncertainties in the atmo- spheric correction ...

Aerosols Optical Thickness Measurement by GLOBE Sun Photometer

... Measurement of Aerosols Optical Thickness of the Atmosphere using the GLOBE Handheld Sun Photometer - a 2 minute Preview of the Experimental ...

Quantification of the dust optical depth across spatiotemporal scales ...

Abstract. Quantifying the dust optical depth (DOD) and its uncertainty ... AeroSol) dataset, which combines Moderate ... Quantification of the dust optical ...

Aerosol optical properties calculated from size distribution ...

Title: Aerosol optical properties calculated from size distribution measurements: An uncertainty study The direct effect of aerosols on the ...

How to estimate Aerosol Optical Thickness - Cesbio

Their size ranges between 0.1 micron and a few microns, depending on the type of aerosol or on the air moisture. Their quantity is also extremely variable : ...