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Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-17-5095-2017
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Research article
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19 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 19 Apr 2017

Development and assessment of a higher-spatial-resolution (4.4 km) MISR aerosol optical depth product using AERONET-DRAGON data

Michael J. Garay, Olga V. Kalashnikova, and Michael A. Bull

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Terra/MISR Level 2, Aerosol, version 2, Hampton, VA, USA: NASA Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) MISR Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MIL2ASAE_L2.002

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Satellite data from the MISR instrument were used to produce aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals at 4.4 km spatial resolution, a factor of 16 improvement relative to the currently operational 17.6 km product. Retrievals were compared with high-spatial-resolution ground-based observations made by AERONET-DRAGON deployments around the globe. It was found that the 4.4 km MISR retrievals performed significantly better than the 17.6 km retrievals in comparisons made at over 100 individual sites.
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