Abstract
Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) is a critical optical parameter that quantifies the degree of light attenuation by aerosols and serves as a fundamental indicator of atmospheric quality. Therefore, accurate quantification and retrieval of AOD is crucial for relevant studies. However, current satellite-based AOD retrieval algorithms suffer from inapplicability under low-light conditions, limiting the development of nighttime AOD retrieval. Under this context, we proposed a novel algorithm, namely Simultaneous Consideration of Artificial and Natural light Sources (SCANS), to obtain nighttime AOD. The core of the SCANS algorithm is considering the synergy of both the natural and artificial light sources to obtain nighttime AOD by integrating atmospheric radiative transfer simulation into an extinction method and performing multiple iterations. SCANS was applied to the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day/Night Band (DNB) and the retrieved nighttime AOD was validated with in-situ measurements from five AERONET sites. Results indicate that the Mean Bias Errors (MBEs) of the retrieved nighttime AOD range from 0.0 to 0.08 and the corresponding Root Mean Square Errors (RMSEs) range from 0.11 to 0.17, which exhibit better accuracy than that of the nighttime MERRA-2 AOD. We further compared the retrieved nighttime AOD with the corresponding Air Quality Index (AQI) measurements at six environment monitoring stations and obtained high correlation coefficients (i.e., ranging from 0.733 to 0.940), indicating SCANS's reliability and high accuracy. The proposed SCANS algorithm can effectively obtain nighttime AOD with high quality, thereby advancing research on the diurnal variation of crucial Earth's key elements.
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