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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2983-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-2983-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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22 May 2018
Research article |
| 22 May 2018
| 22 May 2018
Assessing snow extent data sets over North America to inform and improve trace gas retrievals from solar backscatter
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Randall V. Martin
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts,
USA
Alexei I. Lyapustin
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
Chris A. McLinden
Air Quality Research Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Monitoring of total and off-road NOx emissions from Canadian oil sands surface mining using the Ozone Monitoring Instrument C. McLinden et al. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-6093-2025
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- Calibration of Maxar Constellation Over Libya-4 Site Using MAIAC Technique M. Choi et al. https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3367250
- Creeping snow drought threatens Canada’s water supply R. Sarpong et al. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-03162-8
- Continuity between NASA MODIS Collection 6.1 and VIIRS Collection 2 land products M. Román et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2023.113963
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Short summary
To accurately infer air pollutant concentrations from satellite observations, we must first know the reflectivity of the Earth’s surface. Using a model, we show that satellite observations are better able to observe NO2 near the surface if snow is present. However, knowing when snow is present is difficult due to its variability. We test seven existing snow cover data sets to assess their ability to inform future satellite observations and find that the IMS data set is best suited for this task.
To accurately infer air pollutant concentrations from satellite observations, we must first know...
