A novel method to improve MODIS AOD retrievals in cloudy pixels using an analog ensemble approach
Rajesh Kumar1, Aishwarya Raman2,3, Luca Delle Monache1, Stefano Alessandrini4, William Y Y Cheng4, Benjamin Gaubert5 and Avelino F Arellano Jr6, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (3)University of Arizona, Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, AZ, United States, (4)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Atmospheric Chemistry Observations & Modeling Laboratory (ACOM), Boulder,CO, United States, (6)University of Arizona, Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, Tucson, United States
