Articles | Volume 15, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6865-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6865-2022
Research article
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24 Nov 2022
Research article |  | 24 Nov 2022

The new MISR research aerosol retrieval algorithm: a multi-angle, multi-spectral, bounded-variable least squares retrieval of aerosol particle properties over both land and water

James A. Limbacher, Ralph A. Kahn, and Jaehwa Lee

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Launched in December 1999, NASA’s Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) has given researchers qualitative constraints on aerosol particle properties for the past 22 years. Here, we present a new MISR research aerosol retrieval algorithm (RA) that utilizes over-land surface reflectance data from the Multi-Angle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction (MAIAC) to address limitations of the MISR operational aerosol retrieval algorithm and improve retrievals of aerosol particle properties.