Journal
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
Volume 147, Issue -, Pages 310-319Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2016.10.014
Keywords
MODIS; Aerosol; AOD; Trends; Collection 6; Mediterranean
Funding
- FP7 Programme MarcoPolo [606953, Theme SPA.2013.3.2-01]
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The most recent release of MODIS atmospheric product (Collection 6) is already used in studies concerning the greater Mediterranean region. However, an assessment of the differences and similarities of the last two MODIS collections (6 and 5.1) is missing. In this paper, a first comparison of the MODIS/Terra and Aqua Collection 6 and Collection 5.1 AOD at a wavelength of 550 nm (AOD(550)) data is presented with a focus on the Mediterranean region. It is shown that Collection 6 AODs are either higher or lower than Collection 5.1 AODs over different continental areas while, over ocean, Collection 6 AODs are higher almost everywhere (11% for MODIS/Terra and 8% for MODIS/Aqua). Generally, Collection 6 retrieves higher AODs than Collection 5.1, especially for MODIS/Terra. The evaluation of Collection 6 and 5.1 AOD(550) data against sunphotometric observations from 23 AERONET stations in the area reveals that Collection 6 exhibits a better agreement with the ground-based data. The Collection 6 AOD(550) data exhibit a statistically significant negative trend of the order of about -0.001/year (similar to-0.5%/year) for MODIS/Terra and -0.002/year (similar to-1.0%/year) for MODIS/Aqua. For the region studied, Collection 6 trends are largely reduced compared to Collection 5.1 trends by similar to 0.003/year for MODIS/Terra data while for MODIS/Aqua data the trends have not changed significantly (only by similar to 0.0003/year). (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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