Satellite-derived Aerosol Optical Thickness Climatology over the Continental US

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Satellite-derived Aerosol Optical Thickness
Climatology over the Continental US

• SeaWiFS
• 1 km resolution
• Four Years 2000-2003
• RBH, Erin, Sean

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Contents

• Intro, Satellite, SeaWiFS, Retrieval
• Reflectance, Surface, pattern
• Seasonality, discussion
• Aerosol
• Data coverage
• Average, 95, 80, 50, 20 percentiles
• Seasonality, episodicity pattern
• Special features
• Comparison
• PM25, Bext
• AERONET
• Seasonality, episodicity pattern
• Special features
• Discussion, Limitations Future Work

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Reflectance color, TBD
DJF
MAM
JJA
SON
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Min Image, color
DJF
MAM
JJA
SON
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Average AOT0-300
DJF
MAM
JJA
SON
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95 Percentile AOT, TBD0-300
DJF
MAM
JJA
SON
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50 Percentile AOT, TBD0-300
DJF
MAM
JJA
SON
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20 Percentile AOT, TBD0-300
DJF
MAM
JJA
SON
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Percent Data0-1000
DJF
MAM
JJA
SON