Estimation of Biomass Burning Influence on Air Pollution around Beijing from an Aerosol Retrieval Model

Figure 3

Aqua/MODIS images over Beijing on June 24 and 25, 2010. The top, middle, and bottom figures present a geographical map of East Asia, composite images, and optical thickness of a wavelength at 0.46 μm, respectively (MYD04_L2 Collection 5.1). The □ symbol indicates the position of the AERONET Beijing site and denotes the aerosol retrieval target area. The bottom diagram represents the directional information of the target.