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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1609-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-16-1609-2023
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28 Mar 2023
Research article |  | 28 Mar 2023

Investigation of three-dimensional radiative transfer effects for UV–Vis satellite and ground-based observations of volcanic plumes

Thomas Wagner, Simon Warnach, Steffen Beirle, Nicole Bobrowski, Adrian Jost, Janis Puķīte, and Nicolas Theys

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We investigate 3D effects of volcanic plumes on the retrieval results of satellite and ground-based UV–Vis observations. With its small ground pixels of 3.5 x 5.5 km², the TROPOMI instrument can detect much smaller volcanic plumes than previous instruments. At the same time, 3D effects become important. The effect of horizontal photon paths especially can lead to a strong underestimation of the derived plume contents of up to > 50 %, which can be further increased for strong absorbers like SO2.