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Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-6407-2020
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Articles | Volume 13, issue 12
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30 Nov 2020
Research article |  | 30 Nov 2020

Effects of clouds on the UV Absorbing Aerosol Index from TROPOMI

Maurits L. Kooreman, Piet Stammes, Victor Trees, Maarten Sneep, L. Gijsbert Tilstra, Martin de Graaf, Deborah C. Stein Zweers, Ping Wang, Olaf N. E. Tuinder, and J. Pepijn Veefkind

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We investigated the influence of clouds on the Absorbing Aerosol Index (AAI), an indicator of the presence of small particles in the atmosphere. Clouds produce artifacts in AAI calculations on the individual measurement (7 km) scale, which was not seen with previous instruments, as well as on large (1000+ km) scales. To reduce these artefacts, we used three different AAI calculation techniques of varying complexity. We find that the AAI artifacts are reduced when using more complex techniques.
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