Articles | Volume 11, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-429-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-429-2018
Research article
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19 Jan 2018
Research article |  | 19 Jan 2018

New approach to the retrieval of AOD and its uncertainty from MISR observations over dark water

Marcin L. Witek, Michael J. Garay, David J. Diner, Michael A. Bull, and Felix C. Seidel

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This study outlines a new methodology for assessing air pollution from space using observations from Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR). Both air pollution amounts – as well as the uncertainties associated with space observations – are simultaneously and consistently obtained from MISR measurements over oceans. The new products have superior quality to the previous versions and will benefit the air pollution community.
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