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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5813-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-5813-2018
Research article
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23 Oct 2018
Research article |  | 23 Oct 2018

Screening for snow/snowmelt in SNPP VIIRS aerosol optical depth algorithm

Jingfeng Huang, Istvan Laszlo, Lorraine A. Remer, Hongqing Liu, Hai Zhang, Pubu Ciren, and Shobha Kondragunta

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A new snow/snowmelt screening approach – combining a normalized difference snow index (NDSI)- and brightness temperature (BT)-based snow test, snow adjacency test and spatial filter – is proposed to significantly reduce the snow/snowmelt contamination in the NOAA’s operational Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aerosol optical depth (AOD) product, particularly over Northern Hemisphere high-latitude regions during spring thaw.
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