Explicit and consistent aerosol correction for visible wavelength satellite cloud and nitrogen dioxide retrievals based on optical properties from a global aerosol analysis

Vasilkov, Alexander; Krotkov, Nickolay; Yang, Eun-Su; Lamsal, Lok; Joiner, Joanna; Castellanos, Patricia; Fasnacht, Zachary; Spurr, Robert

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2857-2021

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2857-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-2857-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 14, issue 4

Research article

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13 Apr 2021

Research article |

| 13 Apr 2021

Explicit and consistent aerosol correction for visible wavelength satellite cloud and nitrogen dioxide retrievals based on optical properties from a global aerosol analysis

Alexander Vasilkov, Nickolay Krotkov, Eun-Su Yang, Lok Lamsal, Joanna Joiner, Patricia Castellanos, Zachary Fasnacht, and Robert Spurr

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RC1: 'review', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Mar 2020
- AC1: 'response', Alexander Vasilkov, 17 Apr 2020
RC2: 'Review of the manuscript: Explicit and consistent aerosol correction for visible wavelength satellite cloud and nitrogen dioxide retrievals based on optical properties from a global aerosol analysis, by Vasilkov et al.', Anonymous Referee #3, 02 Jun 2020
- AC2: 'response', Alexander Vasilkov, 02 Oct 2020

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AR by Alexander Vasilkov on behalf of the Authors (07 Oct 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (11 Nov 2020) by Michel Van Roozendael

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (02 Dec 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (02 Feb 2021)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Feb 2021) by Michel Van Roozendael

AR by Alexander Vasilkov on behalf of the Authors (19 Feb 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (08 Mar 2021) by Michel Van Roozendael

Short summary

To explicitly account for aerosol effects in the OMI cloud and nitrogen dioxide algorithms, we use a model of aerosol optical properties from a global aerosol assimilation system and radiative transfer computations. Accounting for anisotropic reflection of Earth's surface is an important feature of the approach. Comparisons of the cloud and tropospheric nitrogen dioxide retrievals with implicit and explicit aerosol corrections are carried out for a selected area with high pollution.