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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4093-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-4093-2018
© 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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16 Jul 2018
Research article |
| 16 Jul 2018
| 16 Jul 2018
A cloud algorithm based on the O2-O2 477 nm absorption band featuring an advanced spectral fitting method and the use of surface geometry-dependent Lambertian-equivalent reflectivity
Alexander Vasilkov
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Eun-Su Yang
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Sergey Marchenko
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Wenhan Qin
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Lok Lamsal
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
Joanna Joiner
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Nickolay Krotkov
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
David Haffner
Science Systems and Applications Inc., Lanham, MD, USA
Pawan K. Bhartia
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Robert Spurr
RT Solutions Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA
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Short summary
We discuss a new cloud algorithm that retrieves effective cloud fraction and cloud altitude and pressure from the oxygen dimer absorption band at 477 nm. The algorithm accounts for how changes in the sun–satellite geometry affect the surface reflection. The cloud fraction and pressure are used as inputs to the OMI algorithm that retrieves a pollutant gas called nitrogen dioxide. Impacts of the application of the newly developed cloud algorithm on the OMI nitrogen dioxide retrieval are discussed.
We discuss a new cloud algorithm that retrieves effective cloud fraction and cloud altitude and...
