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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-161-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-161-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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10 Jan 2018
Research article |
| 10 Jan 2018
| 10 Jan 2018
Error sources in the retrieval of aerosol information over bright surfaces from satellite measurements in the oxygen A band
Swadhin Nanda
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands
Martin de Graaf
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Maarten Sneep
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Johan F. de Haan
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Piet Stammes
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Abram F. J. Sanders
University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Olaf Tuinder
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
J. Pepijn Veefkind
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands
Pieternel F. Levelt
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Mekelweg 2, 2628 CD Delft, the Netherlands
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- Retrieval algorithm for aerosol effective height from the Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS) S. Park et al.
- Cloud Property Retrieval Based on DISAMAR Using Oxygen-A and Oxygen-B Band Measurements by TROPOMI on Sentinel-5P X. Zhang et al.
- A neural network radiative transfer model approach applied to the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument aerosol height algorithm S. Nanda et al.
- Evaluation of model-simulated atmospheric methane over South Korea using ground-based and aircraft observations S. Do et al.
- Introduction of the DISAMAR radiative transfer model: determining instrument specifications and analysing methods for atmospheric retrieval (version 4.1.5) J. de Haan et al.
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Short summary
Estimating aerosol layer height in the atmosphere from satellite data in the oxygen A band (758–770 nm) over land is challenging over land, since the surface is generally very bright in this wavelength region. This paper discusses an interplay between the surface and the atmosphere in their contributions to the top-of-atmosphere reflectance spectrum and the consequent biases obtained while estimating aerosol layer height, using synthetic data and real data from the GOME-2 satellite instrument.
Estimating aerosol layer height in the atmosphere from satellite data in the oxygen A band...
