Figure 8

Scatter plots of MODIS AOD versus AERONET observations over land (a) and coast (b) during various daytime periods (local time). The subplots (i–iv) indicate the daytime hours from 10:00 LT to 14:00 LT: (i) 10:00–11:00, (ii) 11:00–12:00, (iii) 12:00–13:00 and (iv) 13:00–14:00.