A surface reflectance scheme for retrieving aerosol optical depth over urban
surfaces in MODIS Dark Target retrieval algorithm

Gupta, Pawan; Levy, Robert C.; Mattoo, Shana; Remer, Lorraine A.; Munchak, Leigh A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3293-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3293-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3293-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 7

Research article

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26 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 26 Jul 2016

A surface reflectance scheme for retrieving aerosol optical depth over urban surfaces in MODIS Dark Target retrieval algorithm

Pawan Gupta, Robert C. Levy, Shana Mattoo, Lorraine A. Remer, and Leigh A. Munchak

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Final revised paper (published on 26 Jul 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 18 Jan 2016)

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comment', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Pawan Gupta, 27 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Review of Gupta et al., surface reflectance scheme for MODIS AOD retrieval paper', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Apr 2016
- AC2: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Pawan Gupta, 27 Jun 2016

Short summary

A new surface scheme inside MODIS dark target aerosol retrieval algorithm has been developed to improve the accuracy of aerosol optical depth data over cities. The new scheme integrates the MODIS land surface reflectance and land cover type information into the surface parameterization for urban areas, much of the issues associated with the standard algorithm have been mitigated for our test region. The improved aerosols data sets will be useful for air quality applications over cities.