Fig. 3.4 Illustrations of the degradation in the solar diffuser (SD) surface over the operation of the
Terra (a) and Aqua (b) MODIS instruments
Fig. 3.5 Relative bias trend between the Terra and Aqua MODIS estimates of surface temperature
(band 31) using the Automatic Weather Station data at Dome C (For more in-depth discussion of
these results, see Wenny and Xiong (2008))
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