Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Evaluation of optical depth from MODIS satellite imagery in the Persian Gulf

Document Type : Original Manuscript

Authors
Department of Environment, Faculty of Marine Natural Resources, Khorramshahr University of Marine Science and Technology, Khorramshahr, Iran.
Abstract
Atmospheric dust particles originating in the arid and semi arid regions of the world are known to be principal sources of mineral dust. The use of satellite remote sensing dust, the potential of this technique is created to provide valuable information to assist in the design of network measurement and estimation dust in marine environments. Dust deposited provides key nutrients such as iron to oceanic phytoplankton. Aerosol optical depth were reviewed in the study between March 2008 and December 2013 in the Persian Gulf. Aqua and Terra satellites for the MODIS sensor data as well as aerosol data (PM10) and Environmental stations and optical depth stations AERONET, used to evaluate the aerosol optical depth. The results showed that the data of MODIS AOD has acceptable accuracy and very high correlation between the values measured by MODIS and network AERONET, there (correlation coefficient: 90/0). Comparison between AOD values derived from measurements by satellites Aqua and Terra MODIS sensor and the amount of aerosol (PM10) estimated environmental stations in the Persian Gulf region also took place. The results showed that between these two values correlated to the Aqua and Terra satellites in the study area, and the correlation coefficient was greater in summer than winter. The results of this study showed that the optical depth data from the MODIS satellite images can provide accurate information dusts the Persian Gulf.
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Volume 14, Issue 4
Winter 2016
Pages 75-83

  • Receive Date 11 December 2014
  • Revise Date 11 May 2015
  • Accept Date 20 May 2015
  • Publish Date 20 February 2016