Articles | Volume 13, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5955-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5955-2020
Research article
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09 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 09 Nov 2020

Improving GOES Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrievals using an empirical bias correction algorithm

Hai Zhang, Shobha Kondragunta, Istvan Laszlo, and Mi Zhou

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Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) retrieve high temporal resolution aerosol optical depth, which is a measure of the aerosol quantity within the atmospheric column. This work introduces an algorithm that improves the accuracy of the aerosol optical depth retrievals from GOES. The resulting data product can be used in monitoring the air quality and climate change research.
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