Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) reflects the attenuation of solar radiation to the surface by aerosols. This data set is derived from the latest MODIS aerosol secondary product MOD04_ L2 and MYD04_ L2, where MOD and MYD represent Terra and Aqua satellites respectively. At present, MODIS aerosol retrieval algorithms are Dark Target (DT) and Deep Blue (DB). According to the inversion accuracy of the metadata field table Quality Assurance Confidence (QAC), DT and DB algorithm products are integrated to deal with land, ocean and coast respectively. The index quality is optimal (QAF=3) or suboptimal (QAF=2) or meets the basic needs (QAF=1) to obtain high-resolution AOD products (0.1 degree, daily scale) with full coverage and long time series. This dataset provides MOD, MYD and fusion products based on transit time.

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1. Data size: 433 G
2. Data format: netcdf4
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Global - Global; Antarctia - South Pole; Arctic - Arctic; Tibet Tibetan Plateau

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Ye, A. (2022). Aerosol optical depth postprocessing remote sensing product (2006-2020). A Big Earth Data Platform for Three Poles, DOI: 10.11888/Atmos.tpdc.272754. CSTR: 18406.11.Atmos.tpdc.272754. (Download the reference： RIS | Bibtex )

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CASEarth:Big Earth Data for Three Poles（grant No. XDA19070000） (No:XDA19000000)

the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (No:XDA19070104) [XDA19070104]

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