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Fig. 7.2 Global distribution of MODIS Deep Blue seasonal mean AOD ( blue ) overplotted by
DOD ( red ) at 550 nm, for values greater than 0.1. The retrieval is restricted to bright land surfaces.
The data are from MODIS/Aqua at 0.1 ı 0.1 ı resolution averaged over the period 2003-2009

(From Ginoux et al. 2012 )