Evaluation of Novel NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Aerosol Products and Assessment of Smoke Height Boundary Layer Ratio During Extreme Smoke Events in the Western USA

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dc.contributor.authorLoría-Salazar, S. Marcela
dc.contributor.authorSayer, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorBarnes, John
dc.contributor.authorHuang, Jingting
dc.contributor.authorFlynn, Connor
dc.contributor.authorLareau, Neil
dc.contributor.authorLee, Jaehwa
dc.contributor.authorLyapustin, Alexei
dc.contributor.authorRedemann, Jens
dc.contributor.authorWelton, Ellsworth J.
dc.contributor.authorWilkins, Joseph L.
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Heather A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-26T16:32:03Z
dc.date.available2022-10-26T16:32:03Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-03
dc.description.abstractWe analyze new aerosol products from NASA satellite retrievals over the western USA during August 2013, with special attention to locally generated wildfire smoke and downwind plume structures. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) at 550 nm from MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) (Terra and Aqua Collections 6 and 6.1) and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Deep Blue (DB) and MODIS (Terra and Aqua) Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) retrievals are evaluated against ground-based AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET) observations. We find a significant improvement in correlation with AERONET and other metrics in the latest DB AOD (MODIS C6.1 r2 = 0.75, VIIRS r2 = 0.79) compared to MODIS C6 (r2 = 0.62). In general, MAIAC (r2 = 0.84) and DB (MODIS C6.1 and VIIRS) present similar statistical evaluation metrics for the western USA and are useful tools to characterize aerosol loading associated with wildfire smoke. We also evaluate three novel NASA MODIS plume injection height (PIH) products, one from MAIAC and two from the Aerosol Single scattering albedo and layer Height Estimation (ASHE) (MODIS and VIIRS) algorithm. Both Terra and Aqua MAIAC PIHs statistically agree with ground-based and satellite lidar observations near the fire source, as do ASHE, although the latter is sensitive to assumptions about aerosol absorption properties. We introduce a first-order approximation Smoke Height Boundary Layer Ratio (SHBLR) to qualitatively distinguish between aerosol pollution within the planetary boundary layer and the free troposphere. We summarize the scope, limitations, and suggestions for scientific applications of surface level aerosol concentrations specific to wildfire emissions and smoke plumes using these novel NASA MODIS and VIIRS aerosol products.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis material is based upon work supported by NASA NESSF (NASA Earth and Science Student Fellowship) program under Cooperative Agreement No. NNX16AN94H and the Nevada Space Grant Consortium-Research Infrastructure No. NNX15AI02H. We acknowledge high-performance computing support from Yellowstone (ark:/85065/d7wd3xhc) provided by NCAR's Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The authors thank KC King (M.Sc.) for assistance with balloon sounding data processing, University of Nevada-Reno (UNR) graduate student Jayne M. Boehmler (M.Sc.), who downloaded albedo datasets and helped with HYSPLIT back-trajectories, and UNR undergraduate student James D. Long for help processing PBLH data from balloon soundings. Note: This work started as a collaboration between the University of Nevada, Reno, and NASA, and was completed at the University of Oklahoma.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020JD034180en_US
dc.format.extent22 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2oioh-p8pe
dc.identifier.citationLoría-Salazar, S. Marcela, Andrew M. Sayer, John Barnes, Jingting Huang, Connor Flynn, Neil Lareau, Jaehwa Lee, et al. “Evaluation of Novel NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Aerosol Products and Assessment of Smoke Height Boundary Layer Ratio During Extreme Smoke Events in the Western USA.” Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 126, no. 11 (2021): e2020JD034180. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034180.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034180
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/26233
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAGUen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.en_US
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dc.titleEvaluation of Novel NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer and Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite Aerosol Products and Assessment of Smoke Height Boundary Layer Ratio During Extreme Smoke Events in the Western USAen_US
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