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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2911-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2911-2018
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Research article
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18 May 2018
Research article |
| 18 May 2018
| 18 May 2018
Comparison of dust-layer heights from active and passive satellite sensors
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, P.O. Box 100, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
Sophie Vandenbussche
Royal Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB), Brussels, Belgium
Virginie Capelle
Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (LMD), UMR8539, CNRS/IPSL, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France
Juan Cuesta
Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systémes Atmosphériques (LISA), CNRS UMR7583,
Université Paris Est Créteil, Université Paris Diderot, Créteil, France
Lars Klüser
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (DFD),
82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Luca Lelli
Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Thomas Popp
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft-und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Deutsches Fernerkundungsdatenzentrum (DFD),
82234 Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany
Kerstin Stebel
NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, P.O. Box 100, 2027 Kjeller, Norway
Pepijn Veefkind
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI), 3730 AE De Bilt, the Netherlands
Geosciences and Remote Sensing, Delft University of Technology, 2628 AA Delft, the Netherlands
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Short summary
The aerosol layer height is one of four aerosol parameters which is needed to enhance our understanding of aerosols' role in the climate system. Both active and passive measurement methods may be used to estimate the aerosol layer height. Aerosol height estimates made from passive infrared and solar satellite sensors measurements are compared with satellite-borne lidar estimates. There is considerable variation between the retrieved dust heights and how they compare with the lidar.
The aerosol layer height is one of four aerosol parameters which is needed to enhance our...
