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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-407-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-407-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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27 Jan 2022
Research article |
| 27 Jan 2022
| 27 Jan 2022
Retrieval of aerosol properties using relative radiance measurements from an all-sky camera
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
Juan C. Antuña-Sánchez
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
Victoria E. Cachorro
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
Carlos Toledano
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
Benjamín Torres
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS, Lille 1 University, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
David Mateos
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
David Fuertes
GRASP-SAS, Remote Sensing Developments, Villeneuve D'Ascq, France
César López
Sieltec Canarias S.L., La Laguna, Spain
Ramiro González
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
Tatyana Lapionok
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS, Lille 1 University, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Marcos Herreras-Giralda
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS, Lille 1 University, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
GRASP-SAS, Remote Sensing Developments, Villeneuve D'Ascq, France
Oleg Dubovik
Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, CNRS, Lille 1 University, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France
Ángel M. de Frutos
Group of Atmospheric Optics (GOA-UVa), University of Valladolid, 47011, Valladolid, Spain
Data sets
AERONET – a federated instrument network and data archive for aerosol characterization (https://aeronet.gsfc.nasa.gov/) B. N. Holben, T. F. Eck, I. Slutsker, D. Tanré, J. P. Buis, A. Setzer, E. Vermote, J. A. Reagan, Y. J. Kaufman, T. Nakajima, F. Lavenu, I. Jankowiak, and A. Smirnov https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00031-5
Short summary
An all-sky camera is used to obtain the relative sky radiance, and this radiance is used as input in an inversion code to obtain aerosol properties. This paper is really interesting because it pushes forward the use and capability of sky cameras for more advanced science purposes. Enhanced aerosol properties can be retrieved with accuracy using only an all-sky camera, but synergy with other instruments providing aerosol optical depth could even increase the power of these low-cost instruments.
An all-sky camera is used to obtain the relative sky radiance, and this radiance is used as...
