Contribution of Satellite Observations in the Optical and Microphysical Characterization of Aerosols in Burkina Faso, West Africa — Oak Academic Publishing
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Contribution of Satellite Observations in the Optical and Microphysical Characterization of Aerosols in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
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Institute of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Porto-Novo, Benin
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Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
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Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
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Laboratoire de Physique de l’Atmosphère et de l’Océan Siméon-Fongang, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal
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Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
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Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
1 Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
2 Institute of Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Abomey-Calavi, Porto-Novo, Benin
3 Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
4 Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
5 Laboratoire de Physique de l’Atmosphère et de l’Océan Siméon-Fongang, Université Cheikh Anta DIOP, Dakar-Fann, Sénégal
6 Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
7 Laboratoire d’Energies Thermiques Renouvelables (L.E.T.RE), Université Joseph KI ZERBO, Ouaga, Burkina Faso
In this work, we proceed to an optical and microphysical analysis of the observations reversed by the MODIS, SeaWiFS, MISR and OMI sensors with the aim of proposing the best-adapted airborne sensor for better monitoring of aerosols in Burkina Faso. To this end, a comparison of AOD between satellite observations and in situ measurements at the Ouagadougou site reveals an underestimation of AERONET AOD except for OMI which overestimates them. Also, an inter-comparison done based on the linear regression line representation shows the correlation between the aerosol models incorporated in the airborne sensor inversion algorithms and the aerosol population probed. This can be seen through the correlation coefficients R which are 0.84, 0.64, 0.55 and 0.054 for MODIS, SeaWiFS, MISR and OMI respectively. Furthermore, an optical analysis of aerosols in Burkina Faso by the MODIS sensor from 2001 to 2016 indicates a large spatial and temporal variability of particles strongly dominated by desert dust. This is corroborated by the annual and seasonal cycles of the AOD at 550 nm and the Angstr ö m coefficient measured in the spectral range between 412 nm and 470 nm. A zoom on a few sites chosen according to the three climatic zones confirms the majority presence of mineral aerosols in Burkina Faso, whose maxima are observed in spring and summer.
KeywordsAERONETAirborne SensorsAerosolOptical and Microphysical Properties
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