Investigation of Three-Dimensional Evolution of East Asian Dust Storm by Modeling and Remote Sensing Measurements

Figure 3

AOD from MODIS and the model at 550 nm during 23 to 26 April 2009 (LST): (a) MODIS Aqua “Land and Ocean” AOD product; (b) modeled AOD sampling according to (a); (c) MODIS Aqua “Deep Blue Land only” AOD product; (d) modeled AOD sampling according to (c). CALIPSO orbit paths (red lines) and path times (at the bottom of each path, UTC time, MM-DD HH:MM:SS) are presented in MODIS AOD figures ((a), (c)). Fractional contributions of dust to total AOD are indicated in modeled AOD figures ((b), (d), red contour lines with light blue numbers).

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