GEO-LEO Dark Target Aerosol data products suite available
| Platform | G16,G17,H8,SNPP,N20,Terra,Aqua |
|---|---|
| Instrument | ABI,AHI,VIIRS,MODIS |
| Source | MODAPS, LAADS |
| Issue | Alert |
| Last Updated | 2024-05-30 10:55:00 |
| Start | 2024-04-03 15:00:00 |
| End | 2024-07-01 00:00:00 |
| Description |
NASA's Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive & Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center is pleased to announce the release of the GEO-LEO Dark Target Aerosol data products suite. The Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) - Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Dark Target Aerosol is a suite of global aerosol products both from geostationary and low-earth orbit satellites for a three-year timespan between January 2019 and December 2022 that shows aerosol movement across the globe every ten minutes. The GEO-LEO Dark Target Aerosol project uses a special version of the MODIS Dark Target (DT) aerosol retrieval algorithm to produce Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) and other aerosol parameters that are derived independently from eight sensor/platform combinations. The four GEO sensors include the Advanced Baseline Imagers (ABI) on both GOES-16 (GOES-East) and GOES-17 (GOES-West), and Advanced Himawari Imagers (AHI) on Himawari-8 and Himawari-9. The four LEO sensors include MODIS on both Terra and Aqua, and VIIRS on both Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20. The addition of the LEO sensors strengthens a major goal of this project, which is to render a consistent science maturity level across DT aerosol products derived from both types and sources of orbital satellites. Learn more. |