Wildfires have a profound impact upon the biosphere and our society in general. They cause loss of life, lead to the destruction of personal property and natural resources, and alter the chemistry of the atmosphere. In response to the concern over the consequences of wildland fire and to support the fire management community, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National ...

In this paper, a global validation package for satellite aerosol optical thickness retrieval using the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) observations as ground truth is described. To standardize the validation procedure, the optimum time/space match-up window, the ensemble statistical analysis method, the best selection of AERONET channels and the numerical scheme used to interpolate/extrapolat...

Sea surface temperature (SST) products that can resolve fine scale features, such as sub-mesoscale eddies, ocean fronts and coastal upwelling, are increasingly in demand. In response to user requirements for gap-free, highest spatial resolution, best quality accuracy SST data, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) produces operational, real-time Multi-sensor level 3 by compositing from Adv...