i Detection of Smoke and Dust Aerosols Using Multi-sensor Satellite ...
i Detection of Smoke and Dust Aerosols Using Multi-sensor Satellite ...
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CHAPTER 5<br />
AEROSOL DETECTION BY COMBINING CALIPSO AND MODIS<br />
MEASUREMENTS<br />
<strong>Multi</strong>-<strong>sensor</strong> remote sensing, by its global <strong>and</strong> repetitive measurement capability,<br />
provides a large amount <strong>of</strong> valuable information for solving problems in various Earth<br />
observation applications. This massive amount <strong>of</strong> data allows the same features on the<br />
Earth to be observed by the several different <strong>sensor</strong>s, yielding complementary<br />
information for more accurate measurements.<br />
CALIPSO mission studies the role <strong>of</strong> aerosols <strong>and</strong> cloud in the Earth’s climate<br />
system (Winker et al., 2003). It provides the vertical information about aerosols <strong>and</strong> cloud.<br />
The CALIPSO level 2 Vertical Feature Mask (VFM) (Vaughan et al., 2004) product<br />
provides detail vertical information about aerosol <strong>and</strong> cloud layer. It is easily used to<br />
separate dust from ground surface. However, limited by its spectral coverage, the<br />
misclassification may appear by labeling heavy dust aerosols as cloud in VFM product<br />
<strong>and</strong> reported by recent data quality statement (CALIPOS Lidar Level 2 Vertical Feature<br />
Mask products Version 2.01, January 25, 2008). The possible reason is that the intrinsic<br />
scattering properties <strong>of</strong> dust layers are similar to those <strong>of</strong> cloud in certain conditions. The<br />
Aqua MODIS has good spatial resolution <strong>and</strong> spectral coverage for detection large scale<br />
aerosol. It can provide the planar information about the dust storm. Both <strong>sensor</strong>s are<br />
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