Articles | Volume 12, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-675-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-675-2019
Research article
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30 Jan 2019
Research article |  | 30 Jan 2019

Updated MISR over-water research aerosol retrieval algorithm – Part 2: A multi-angle aerosol retrieval algorithm for shallow, turbid, oligotrophic, and eutrophic waters

James A. Limbacher and Ralph A. Kahn

Data sets

MISR Ancillary Data MISR Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA/MISR/MIANCAGP_Ancillary.001

Terra/MISR Level 1, Ellipsoid, version 3 MISR Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MI1B2E_L1.003

Terra/MISR Level 1, Geometric Parameters, version 2 MISR Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MIB2GEOP_L1.002

Terra/MISR Level 1, Terrain, version 3 MISR Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MI1B2T_L1.003

Terra/MISR Level 2, Aerosol, version 2 MISR Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Terra/MISR/MIL2ASAE_L2.002

Short summary
Coastal waters serve as transport pathways to the ocean for all runoff from terrestrial sources; they are also some of the most biologically productive waters on the planet. Here, we retrieve atmospheric aerosol loading (and properties) from the space-based instrument MISR over all types of water (dark, coastal, etc). Results from the MISR research aerosol retrieval algorithm agree well with validation, indicating that MISR may add value to commonly used ocean color imagers such as MODIS.