Distribution of Atmospheric Aerosol over the South China Sea

Table 1

The mean of Aeronet AOD, root-mean-square-error (RMSE), and correlation coefficient () between monthly MODIS AOD and Aeronet AOD 500 nm.

Aeronet St.	Location	Data period	Mean	RMSE
Dongsha	(116.729°E, 20.699°N)	2009/09~2010/05	0.286	0.078	0.91
Mukdahan	(104.676°E, 16.607°N)	2003/11~2009/12	0.360	0.157	0.70
Pimai	(102.564°E, 15.182°N)	2003/02~2008/04	0.355	0.116	0.81
Hong Kong	(114.180°E, 22.303°N)	2005/11~2010/01	0.528	0.153	0.70
Bac Lieu	(105.730°E, 9.280°N)	2006/05~2009/02	0.218	0.215	0.52
Singapore	(103.780°E, 1.298°N)	2006/11~2010/05	0.338	0.180	0.24