Title :
Modeling of aerosol and cloud optical depth
Author :
Alias, A.N. ; MatJafri, M.Z. ; Lim, H.S. ; Saleh, N.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Sci., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Permatang Pauh, Malaysia
Abstract :
We have applied regression model together with statistical test, Pearson Correlation, to examine the relationships between aerosol optical depth (AOD), cloud optical depth (COD) and water vapor retrieved by Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) in 2009 over Malaysia. It is shown that the relationship between water vapor in clear sky and AOD mean showed the highest significant compared to the others. Pearson Correlation showed that AOD and Water Vapor (Clear sky) have positive correlation but COD and water vapor (cloudy) have negative correlation, which both have significant correlation (p<;60;0.01). Such regression model and correlation play an essential part in order to quantify the contributions in influencing climate change and global warming. However, analysis of the complex connection of AOD, COD and water vapor should be made with great care and further work is needed.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric humidity; atmospheric optics; clouds; global warming; regression analysis; statistical testing; AD 2009; MODIS; Malaysia; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer; Pearson correlation; aerosol optical depth modeling; clear sky; climate change; cloud optical depth modeling; cloudy sky; global warming; regression model; statistical test; water vapor; Aerosols; Atmospheric modeling; Clouds; Correlation; MODIS; Mathematical model; Optical imaging; AOD; COD; MODIS; water vapor;
Conference_Titel :
Humanities, Science and Engineering (CHUSER), 2011 IEEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location :
Penang
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0021-6
DOI :
10.1109/CHUSER.2011.6163786
