Spatial and seasonal variations of aerosols over China from two decades of multi-satellite observations – Part 1: ATSR (1995–2011) and MODIS C6.1 (2000–2017)

Sogacheva, Larisa; de Leeuw, Gerrit; Rodriguez, Edith; Kolmonen, Pekka; Georgoulias, Aristeidis K.; Alexandri, Georgia; Kourtidis, Konstantinos; Proestakis, Emmanouil; Marinou, Eleni; Amiridis, Vassilis; Xue, Yong; van der A, Ronald J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11389-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11389-2018

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-18-11389-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 15

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14 Aug 2018

Research article |

| 14 Aug 2018

Spatial and seasonal variations of aerosols over China from two decades of multi-satellite observations – Part 1: ATSR (1995–2011) and MODIS C6.1 (2000–2017)

Larisa Sogacheva, Gerrit de Leeuw, Edith Rodriguez, Pekka Kolmonen, Aristeidis K. Georgoulias, Georgia Alexandri, Konstantinos Kourtidis, Emmanouil Proestakis, Eleni Marinou, Vassilis Amiridis, Yong Xue, and Ronald J. van der A

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ATRS-2/AATSR Aerosol Optical Depth Finnish Meteorological Institute http://www.icare.univ-lille1.fr/

MODIS/Terra Aerosol Optical Depth NASA https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/

AERONET:AErosol RObotic NETwork NASA https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/

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Using AATSR ADV (1995–2011) and MODIS C6.1 (2000–2017) annual and seasonal aerosol optical depth (AOD) aggregates, we obtained information regarding the occurrence of aerosols and their spatial and temporal variation over China. We specifically focused on regional differences in annual and seasonal AOD behavior for selected regions. AOD dataset comparisons, validation results and AOD tendencies during the overlapping period (2000–2011) are discussed.