Retrieving UV–Vis spectral single-scattering albedo of absorbing aerosols above clouds from synergy of ORACLES airborne and A-train sensors

Jethva, Hiren T.; Torres, Omar; Ferrare, Richard A.; Burton, Sharon P.; Cook, Anthony L.; Harper, David B.; Hostetler, Chris A.; Redemann, Jens; Kayetha, Vinay; LeBlanc, Samuel; Pistone, Kristina; Mitchell, Logan; Flynn, Connor J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2335-2024

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18 Apr 2024

Research article |

| 18 Apr 2024

Retrieving UV–Vis spectral single-scattering albedo of absorbing aerosols above clouds from synergy of ORACLES airborne and A-train sensors

Hiren T. Jethva, Omar Torres, Richard A. Ferrare, Sharon P. Burton, Anthony L. Cook, David B. Harper, Chris A. Hostetler, Jens Redemann, Vinay Kayetha, Samuel LeBlanc, Kristina Pistone, Logan Mitchell, and Connor J. Flynn

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2335-2024-supplement

Data sets

MODIS 1km Calibrated Radiances Product MODIS Characterization Support Team (MCST) https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD021KM.061

MODIS 1km Calibrated Radiances Product MODIS Characterization Support Team (MCST) https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD021KM.061

ER-2 2016 data, Moffett Field, CA ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/ER2/2016_V3

P3 2016 data, Moffett Field, CA ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2016_V3

P3 2017 data, Moffett Field, CA ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2017_V3

P3 2018 data, Moffett Field, CA ORACLES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/Suborbital/ORACLES/P3/2018_V3

Short summary

We introduce a novel synergy algorithm applied to ORALCES airborne measurements of above-cloud aerosol optical depth and UV–Vis satellite observations from OMI and MODIS to retrieve spectral aerosol single-scattering albedo of lofted layers of carbonaceous smoke aerosols over clouds. The development of the proposed aerosol–cloud algorithm implies a possible synergy of CALIOP and OMI–MODIS passive sensors to deduce a global product of AOD and SSA of absorbing aerosols above clouds.