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Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2507-2024
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Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Research article
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23 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 23 Apr 2024

Assessment of the spectral misalignment effect (SMILE) on EarthCARE's Multi-Spectral Imager aerosol and cloud property retrievals

Nicole Docter, Anja Hünerbein, David P. Donovan, Rene Preusker, Jürgen Fischer, Jan Fokke Meirink, Piet Stammes, and Michael Eisinger

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CKDMIP: Correlated K-Distribution Model Intercomparison Project Home Robin J. Hogan http://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKDMIP

ECOSTRESS Spectral Library - Version 1.0 Simon J. Hook https://speclib.jpl.nasa.gov/

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Short summary
MSI is the imaging spectrometer on board EarthCARE and will provide across-track information on clouds and aerosol properties. The MSI solar channels exhibit a spectral misalignment effect (SMILE) in the measurements. This paper describes and evaluates how the SMILE will affect the cloud and aerosol retrievals that do not account for it.
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EarthCARE Level 2 algorithms and data products