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Educational Materials

 Basic Background Information for Remote Sensing of Aerosols

 

 

Basic background information on orbits, sensor capabilities and some specific information on MODIS sensor characteristics and capabilities.

 

Definitions and descriptions of some of the basic terms and vocabulary necessary to understand aerosol remote sensing science

 

An examination of how spectral information is used in remote sensing and the construction of remote sensing products.

 

An examination of how angular information is used in remote sensing from satellite and ground observations.

Obtaining MODIS Aerosol Files

This exercise will walk you step by step through all the ways to obtain data using the LAADSWEB site

Collection 6 Aerosol Products

These are presentations made as part of the MODIS Collection 6 Webinar series presented during the summer of 2014.

The complete series can be found at the MODIS-Atmos Site including recordings of the original presentations.

 

 

This presentation provided details about the MODIS Collection 6 Dark Target 10 Km product and algorithm

 

This presentation provided details about the MODIS Collection 6 Dark Target 3 Km product and algorithm

 

This presentation provided details about the MODIS Collection 6 Dark Target/Deep Blue combined 10 Km product