Volume 13, issue 10

Volume 13, issue 10

30 Sep 2020
Validation of XCO2 and XCH4 retrieved from a portable Fourier transform spectrometer with those from in situ profiles from aircraft-borne instruments
Hirofumi Ohyama, Isamu Morino, Voltaire A. Velazco, Theresa Klausner, Gerry Bagtasa, Matthäus Kiel, Matthias Frey, Akihiro Hori, Osamu Uchino, Tsuneo Matsunaga, Nicholas M. Deutscher, Joshua P. DiGangi, Yonghoon Choi, Glenn S. Diskin, Sally E. Pusede, Alina Fiehn, Anke Roiger, Michael Lichtenstern, Hans Schlager, Pao K. Wang, Charles C.-K. Chou, Maria Dolores Andrés-Hernández, and John P. Burrows
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5149–5163, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5149-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5149-2020, 2020
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02 Oct 2020
Validation of TROPOMI tropospheric NO2 columns using dual-scan multi-axis differential optical absorption spectroscopy (MAX-DOAS) measurements in Uccle, Brussels
Ermioni Dimitropoulou, François Hendrick, Gaia Pinardi, Martina M. Friedrich, Alexis Merlaud, Frederik Tack, Helene De Longueville, Caroline Fayt, Christian Hermans, Quentin Laffineur, Frans Fierens, and Michel Van Roozendael
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5165–5191, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5165-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5165-2020, 2020
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02 Oct 2020
Assessment of global total column water vapor sounding using a spaceborne differential absorption radar
Luis Millán, Richard Roy, and Matthew Lebsock
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5193–5205, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5193-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5193-2020, 2020
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05 Oct 2020
Retrieval of aerosol properties from Airborne Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (AirHARP) observations during ACEPOL 2017
Anin Puthukkudy, J. Vanderlei Martins, Lorraine A. Remer, Xiaoguang Xu, Oleg Dubovik, Pavel Litvinov, Brent McBride, Sharon Burton, and Henrique M. J. Barbosa
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5207–5236, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5207-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5207-2020, 2020
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06 Oct 2020
A tropopause-related climatological a priori profile for IASI-SOFRID ozone retrievals: improvements and validation
Brice Barret, Emanuele Emili, and Eric Le Flochmoen
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5237–5257, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5237-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5237-2020, 2020
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06 Oct 2020
Cloud-top pressure retrieval with DSCOVR EPIC oxygen A- and B-band observations
Bangsheng Yin, Qilong Min, Emily Morgan, Yuekui Yang, Alexander Marshak, and Anthony B. Davis
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5259–5275, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5259-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5259-2020, 2020
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06 Oct 2020
Evaluation of UV aerosol retrievals from an ozone lidar
Shi Kuang, Bo Wang, Michael J. Newchurch, Kevin Knupp, Paula Tucker, Edwin W. Eloranta, Joseph P. Garcia, Ilya Razenkov, John T. Sullivan, Timothy A. Berkoff, Guillaume Gronoff, Liqiao Lei, Christoph J. Senff, Andrew O. Langford, Thierry Leblanc, and Vijay Natraj
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5277–5292, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5277-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5277-2020, 2020
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07 Oct 2020
Improved chloride quantification in quadrupole aerosol chemical speciation monitors (Q-ACSMs)
Anna K. Tobler, Alicja Skiba, Dongyu S. Wang, Philip Croteau, Katarzyna Styszko, Jarosław Nęcki, Urs Baltensperger, Jay G. Slowik, and André S. H. Prévôt
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5293–5301, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5293-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5293-2020, 2020
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08 Oct 2020
Interannual and seasonal variations in the aerosol optical depth of the atmosphere in two regions of Spitsbergen (2002–2018)
Dmitry M. Kabanov, Christoph Ritter, and Sergey M. Sakerin
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5303–5317, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5303-2020, 2020
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09 Oct 2020
Combining low-cost, surface-based aerosol monitors with size-resolved satellite data for air quality applications
Priyanka deSouza, Ralph A. Kahn, James A. Limbacher, Eloise A. Marais, Fábio Duarte, and Carlo Ratti
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5319–5334, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5319-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5319-2020, 2020
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09 Oct 2020
Application of the shipborne remote sensing supersite OCEANET for profiling of Arctic aerosols and clouds during Polarstern cruise PS106
Hannes J. Griesche, Patric Seifert, Albert Ansmann, Holger Baars, Carola Barrientos Velasco, Johannes Bühl, Ronny Engelmann, Martin Radenz, Yin Zhenping, and Andreas Macke
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5335–5358, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5335-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5335-2020, 2020
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09 Oct 2020
An examination of enhanced atmospheric methane detection methods for predicting performance of a novel multiband uncooled radiometer imager
Cody M. Webber and John P. Kerekes
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5359–5367, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5359-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5359-2020, 2020
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09 Oct 2020
Quantification of toxic metals using machine learning techniques and spark emission spectroscopy
Seyyed Ali Davari and Anthony S. Wexler
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5369–5377, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5369-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5369-2020, 2020
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09 Oct 2020
Ground-based Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) O3 retrievals from the 3040 cm−1 spectral range at Xianghe, China
Minqiang Zhou, Pucai Wang, Bavo Langerock, Corinne Vigouroux, Christian Hermans, Nicolas Kumps, Ting Wang, Yang Yang, Denghui Ji, Liang Ran, Jinqiang Zhang, Yuejian Xuan, Hongbin Chen, Françoise Posny, Valentin Duflot, Jean-Marc Metzger, and Martine De Mazière
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5379–5394, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5379-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5379-2020, 2020
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12 Oct 2020
The development of the “Storm Tracker” and its applications for atmospheric high-resolution upper-air observations
Wei-Chun Hwang, Po-Hsiung Lin, and Hungjui Yu
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5395–5406, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5395-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5395-2020, 2020
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12 Oct 2020
Development and application of a mass closure PM2.5 composition online monitoring system
Cui-Ping Su, Xing Peng, Xiao-Feng Huang, Li-Wu Zeng, Li-Ming Cao, Meng-Xue Tang, Yao Chen, Bo Zhu, Yishi Wang, and Ling-Yan He
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5407–5422, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5407-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5407-2020, 2020
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13 Oct 2020
Revisiting wind speed measurements using actively heated fiber optics: a wind tunnel study
Justus G. V. van Ramshorst, Miriam Coenders-Gerrits, Bart Schilperoort, Bas J. H. van de Wiel, Jonathan G. Izett, John S. Selker, Chad W. Higgins, Hubert H. G. Savenije, and Nick C. van de Giesen
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5423–5439, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5423-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5423-2020, 2020
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13 Oct 2020
Measurements of PM2.5 with PurpleAir under atmospheric conditions
Karin Ardon-Dryer, Yuval Dryer, Jake N. Williams, and Nastaran Moghimi
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5441–5458, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5441-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5441-2020, 2020
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14 Oct 2020
Leveraging spatial textures, through machine learning, to identify aerosols and distinct cloud types from multispectral observations
Willem J. Marais, Robert E. Holz, Jeffrey S. Reid, and Rebecca M. Willett
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5459–5480, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5459-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5459-2020, 2020
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14 Oct 2020
Inter-calibrating SMMR brightness temperatures over continental surfaces
Samuel Favrichon, Carlos Jimenez, and Catherine Prigent
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5481–5490, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5481-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5481-2020, 2020
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14 Oct 2020
A kernel-driven BRDF model to inform satellite-derived visible anvil cloud detection
Benjamin R. Scarino, Kristopher Bedka, Rajendra Bhatt, Konstantin Khlopenkov, David R. Doelling, and William L. Smith Jr.
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5491–5511, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5491-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5491-2020, 2020
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15 Oct 2020
Satellite validation strategy assessments based on the AROMAT campaigns
Alexis Merlaud, Livio Belegante, Daniel-Eduard Constantin, Mirjam Den Hoed, Andreas Carlos Meier, Marc Allaart, Magdalena Ardelean, Maxim Arseni, Tim Bösch, Hugues Brenot, Andreea Calcan, Emmanuel Dekemper, Sebastian Donner, Steffen Dörner, Mariana Carmelia Balanica Dragomir, Lucian Georgescu, Anca Nemuc, Doina Nicolae, Gaia Pinardi, Andreas Richter, Adrian Rosu, Thomas Ruhtz, Anja Schönhardt, Dirk Schuettemeyer, Reza Shaiganfar, Kerstin Stebel, Frederik Tack, Sorin Nicolae Vâjâiac, Jeni Vasilescu, Jurgen Vanhamel, Thomas Wagner, and Michel Van Roozendael
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5513–5535, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5513-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5513-2020, 2020
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16 Oct 2020
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A feasibility study to use machine learning as an inversion algorithm for aerosol profile and property retrieval from multi-axis differential absorption spectroscopy measurements
Yun Dong, Elena Spinei, and Anuj Karpatne
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5537–5550, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5537-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5537-2020, 2020
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20 Oct 2020
Nano-hygroscopicity tandem differential mobility analyzer (nano-HTDMA) for investigating hygroscopic properties of sub-10 nm aerosol nanoparticles
Ting Lei, Nan Ma, Juan Hong, Thomas Tuch, Xin Wang, Zhibin Wang, Mira Pöhlker, Maofa Ge, Weigang Wang, Eugene Mikhailov, Thorsten Hoffmann, Ulrich Pöschl, Hang Su, Alfred Wiedensohler, and Yafang Cheng
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5551–5567, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5551-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5551-2020, 2020
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20 Oct 2020
Solar radiometer sensing of multi-year aerosol features over a tropical urban station: direct-Sun and inversion products
Katta Vijayakumar, Panuganti C. S. Devara, Sunil M. Sonbawne, David M. Giles, Brent N. Holben, Sarangam Vijaya Bhaskara Rao, and Chalicheemalapalli K. Jayasankar
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5569–5593, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5569-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5569-2020, 2020
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22 Oct 2020
Clouds over Hyytiälä, Finland: an algorithm to classify clouds based on solar radiation and cloud base height measurements
Ilona Ylivinkka, Santeri Kaupinmäki, Meri Virman, Maija Peltola, Ditte Taipale, Tuukka Petäjä, Veli-Matti Kerminen, Markku Kulmala, and Ekaterina Ezhova
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5595–5619, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5595-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5595-2020, 2020
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22 Oct 2020
Intercomparison and evaluation of ground- and satellite-based stratospheric ozone and temperature profiles above Observatoire de Haute-Provence during the Lidar Validation NDACC Experiment (LAVANDE)
Robin Wing, Wolfgang Steinbrecht, Sophie Godin-Beekmann, Thomas J. McGee, John T. Sullivan, Grant Sumnicht, Gérard Ancellet, Alain Hauchecorne, Sergey Khaykin, and Philippe Keckhut
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5621–5642, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5621-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5621-2020, 2020
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22 Oct 2020
Stratospheric aerosol extinction profiles from SCIAMACHY solar occultation
Stefan Noël, Klaus Bramstedt, Alexei Rozanov, Elizaveta Malinina, Heinrich Bovensmann, and John P. Burrows
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5643–5666, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5643-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5643-2020, 2020
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26 Oct 2020
A new method to correct the electrochemical concentration cell (ECC) ozonesonde time response and its implications for “background current” and pump efficiency
Holger Vömel, Herman G. J. Smit, David Tarasick, Bryan Johnson, Samuel J. Oltmans, Henry Selkirk, Anne M. Thompson, Ryan M. Stauffer, Jacquelyn C. Witte, Jonathan Davies, Roeland van Malderen, Gary A. Morris, Tatsumi Nakano, and Rene Stübi
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5667–5680, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5667-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5667-2020, 2020
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26 Oct 2020
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A technical description of the Balloon Lidar Experiment (BOLIDE)
Bernd Kaifler, Dimitry Rempel, Philipp Roßi, Christian Büdenbender, Natalie Kaifler, and Volodymyr Baturkin
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5681–5695, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5681-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5681-2020, 2020
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26 Oct 2020
Wuhan MST radar: technical features and validation of wind observations
Lei Qiao, Gang Chen, Shaodong Zhang, Qi Yao, Wanlin Gong, Mingkun Su, Feilong Chen, Erxiao Liu, Weifan Zhang, Huangyuan Zeng, Xuesi Cai, Huina Song, Huan Zhang, and Liangliang Zhang
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5697–5713, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5697-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5697-2020, 2020
27 Oct 2020
Inter-calibration of nine UV sensing instruments over Antarctica and Greenland since 1980
Clark J. Weaver, Pawan K. Bhartia, Dong L. Wu, Gordon J. Labow, and David E. Haffner
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5715–5723, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5715-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5715-2020, 2020
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28 Oct 2020
Application of time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometry for the real-time measurement of particle-phase organic peroxides: an online redox derivatization–aerosol mass spectrometer (ORD-AMS)
Marcel Weloe and Thorsten Hoffmann
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5725–5738, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5725-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5725-2020, 2020
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29 Oct 2020
Measurement of NOx and NOy with a thermal dissociation cavity ring-down spectrometer (TD-CRDS): instrument characterisation and first deployment
Nils Friedrich, Ivan Tadic, Jan Schuladen, James Brooks, Eoghan Darbyshire, Frank Drewnick, Horst Fischer, Jos Lelieveld, and John N. Crowley
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 5739–5761, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5739-2020,https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5739-2020, 2020
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