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To all our loyal users: The IDEA site is now transitioning to operational use at NOAA. For future IDEA products, please visit the NOAA-UMBC GASP IDEA (beta) page, where you will find the products we have produced here, as well as hourly GOES Aerosol/Smoke Product (GASP) imagery. In the coming months, we will be testing a new MODIS/CALIPSO viewer on this site, but we will no longer be responsible for keeping the current products operational. Thanks for visiting!

Regional plots of MODIS aerosol optical depth (AOD) and cloud optical thickness

Regional Summary Plots of MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth and Cloud Optical Thickness

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48-hour aerosol trajectory forecast, with model winds and precipitation

Forecast Trajectories for MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth, Cloud Optical Thickness and 48 hour Air Parcel

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As of 2007, we no longer conduct regular forecast discussions on this page, although the products remain up-to-date. Please refer to the UMBC Smog Blog and the CIMSS Satellite Blog for analysis of ongoing aerosol events.

3-day composite history*

VGEO Composite PM2.5/MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth Data Fusion Animation

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*includes MODIS aerosol optical depth (AOD), cloud optical thickness (COT), ground station PM 2.5, NAM 850mb wind vectors, and WF-ABBA fire locations

Tutorials for interpreting the IDEA products

 

 

 

National correlation map between surface PM2.5 and MODIS aerosol optical depth

National Correlation Map between PM2.5 and MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth

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Time-series and correlations of MODIS aerosol optical depth and surface PM2.5

Time-series between MODIS Aerosol Optical Depth and PM2.5 24hr concentrations

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About IDEA...

IDEA (Infusing satellite Data into Environmental Applications) is a partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in an effort to improve air quality assessment, management, and prediction by infusing satellite measurements (from NASA) into analyses (by EPA and NOAA) for public benefit.

IDEA is a part of the NASA Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Applications Program strategy to demonstrate practical uses of NASA sponsored observations from remote sensing systems and predictions from scientific research.

Contact info:

Tony Wimmers
Space Science & Engineering Center Public Information
1225 W. Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53706
E-mail: email contact form
Phone: (608) 263-3294
Fax: (608) 262-5974