Spatiotemporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth in the Atmosphere over Baikal Region Based on MODIS Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Research Region and Data
2.1. Study Area
2.2. Data
3. Results
3.1. Validation
3.2. Interannual Variations in Atmospheric AOD
3.3. Seasonal Variations in AOD Monthly Means
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Data | Tory | Babushkin | Bolshiye Koty | Maximikha | Sarma |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Maximum | 0.181 | 0.180 | 0.182 | 0.182 | 0.181 |
Minimum | 0.163 | 0.169 | 0.165 | 0.166 | 0.166 |
Mean | 0.172 | 0.174 | 0.173 | 0.173 | 0.173 |
Observation Point | Tory | Babushkin | Bolshiye Koty | Maximikha | Sarma |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | 1 | 0.701 | 0.905 | 0.738 | 0.755 |
Babushkin | 1 | 0.687 | 0.765 | 0.874 | |
Bolshiye Koty | 1 | 0.702 | 0.774 | ||
Maximikha | 1 | 0.9 | |||
Sarma | 1 |
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Taschilin, M.; Yakovleva, I.; Sakerin, S.; Zorkaltseva, O.; Tatarnikov, A.; Scheglova, E. Spatiotemporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth in the Atmosphere over Baikal Region Based on MODIS Data. Atmosphere 2021, 12, 1706. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12121706
Taschilin M, Yakovleva I, Sakerin S, Zorkaltseva O, Tatarnikov A, Scheglova E. Spatiotemporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth in the Atmosphere over Baikal Region Based on MODIS Data. Atmosphere. 2021; 12(12):1706. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12121706
Chicago/Turabian StyleTaschilin, Mikhail, Irina Yakovleva, Sergey Sakerin, Olga Zorkaltseva, Andrey Tatarnikov, and Ekaterina Scheglova. 2021. "Spatiotemporal Variations of Aerosol Optical Depth in the Atmosphere over Baikal Region Based on MODIS Data" Atmosphere 12, no. 12: 1706. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12121706