Improving MODIS Aerosol Estimates Over Land With the Surface BRDF Reflectances Using the 3-D Discrete Cosine Transform and RossThick-LiSparse Models

The retrieval of aerosol properties over land from satellite sensors has always been a challenge. At present, several different algorithms for retrieving aerosol optical depth (AOD) have been developed from different satellite sensors. While each algorithm has its own advantages, the accuracy of AOD retrieval still needs to be further improved. To improve the retrieval accuracy of aerosol algorith...