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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3263-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-3263-2018
© 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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07 Jun 2018
Research article |
| 07 Jun 2018
| 07 Jun 2018
A weighted least squares approach to retrieve aerosol layer height over bright surfaces applied to GOME-2 measurements of the oxygen A band for forest fire cases over Europe
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
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
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
Piet Stammes
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
Abram F. J. Sanders
University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics,
Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany
Arnoud Apituley
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI),
Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, the Netherlands
Olaf Tuinder
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI),
Utrechtseweg 297, 3731 GA De Bilt, 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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Short summary
An approach to estimate the height of aerosol plumes over land from satellite measurements of the oxygen A band is proposed. The method, termed dynamic scaling, forces the retrieval to use spectral points that contain more height information. The method is tested in a synthetic environment as well as with GOME-2A and GOME-2B measurements of wildfire plumes over Europe, with very encouraging results. This method can be easily applied to other aerosol height algorithms using least squares.
An approach to estimate the height of aerosol plumes over land from satellite measurements of...
