Characterization and application of artificial light sources for nighttime aerosol optical depth retrievals using the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite Day/Night Band

Zhang, Jianglong; Jaker, Shawn L.; Reid, Jeffrey S.; Miller, Steven D.; Solbrig, Jeremy; Toth, Travis D.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-3209-2019

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17 Jun 2019

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| 17 Jun 2019

Characterization and application of artificial light sources for nighttime aerosol optical depth retrievals using the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite Day/Night Band

Jianglong Zhang, Shawn L. Jaker, Jeffrey S. Reid, Steven D. Miller, Jeremy Solbrig, and Travis D. Toth

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RC1: 'third in a series of papers on aerosol from VIIRS DNB observations', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Jan 2019
- AC1: 'Responses to reviewer 1', Jianglong Zhang, 30 Apr 2019
- AC2: 'Responses to reviewer 1', Jianglong Zhang, 30 Apr 2019
RC2: 'Interesting Approach', Anonymous Referee #2, 08 Mar 2019
- AC3: 'Responses to Reviewer 2', Jianglong Zhang, 30 Apr 2019

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AR by Jianglong Zhang on behalf of the Authors (30 Apr 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 May 2019) by Sebastian Schmidt

Short summary

Using nighttime observations from the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night band (DNB), the characteristics of artificial light sources are evaluated as functions of observation conditions, and incremental improvements are documented on nighttime aerosol retrievals on a regional scale. Results from the study indicate the potential of this method to begin filling critical gaps in diurnal aerosol optical thickness information at both regional and global scales.