Validating MODIS Above-cloud Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieved from "Color Ratio" Algorithm using Direct Measurements made by NASA’s Airborne AATS and 4STAR Sensors
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Abstract. We present the first ever validation of above-cloud aerosol optical depth (ACAOD) retrieved from the "color ratio" method applied to MODIS cloudy-sky reflectance measurements using the limited direct measurements made by NASA's airborne AATS and 4STAR sensors. A thorough search of the airborne database collection revealed a total of five events in which airborne sunphotometer, coincident with the MODIS overpass, observed agricultural biomass burning, dust, and wildfire-emitted aerosols above a low-level cloud deck during SAFARI-2000, ACE-ASIA 2001, and SEAC4RS-2013 campaigns, respectively. The co-located satellite-airborne measurements revealed a good agreement (root-mean-square-error
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