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Detecting layer height of smoke aerosols over vegetated land and water surfaces via oxygen absorption bands: hourly results from EPIC/DSCOVR in deep space
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Global
and Regional Environmental Research, and Informatics Initiative, The
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52241, USA
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology and Department of Physics,
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Global
and Regional Environmental Research, and Informatics Initiative, The
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52241, USA
Yi Wang
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Global
and Regional Environmental Research, and Informatics Initiative, The
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52241, USA
Jing Zeng
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Global
and Regional Environmental Research, and Informatics Initiative, The
University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52241, USA
Omar Torres
Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770, USA
Jeffrey S. Reid
Marine Meteorology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Monterey,
California 93943, USA
Steven D. Miller
Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
J. Vanderlei Martins
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology and Department of Physics,
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA
Lorraine A. Remer
Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology and Department of Physics,
University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland 21250, USA
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Short summary
Detecting aerosol layer height from space is challenging. The traditional method relies on active sensors such as lidar that provide the detailed vertical structure of the aerosol profile but is costly with limited spatial coverage (more than 1 year is needed for global coverage). Here we developed a passive remote sensing technique that uses backscattered sunlight to retrieve smoke aerosol layer height over both water and vegetated surfaces from a sensor 1.5 million kilometers from the Earth.
Detecting aerosol layer height from space is challenging. The traditional method relies on...
