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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2739-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-2739-2024
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08 May 2024
Research article |  | 08 May 2024

Retrievals of aerosol optical depth over the western North Atlantic Ocean during ACTIVATE

Leong Wai Siu, Joseph S. Schlosser, David Painemal, Brian Cairns, Marta A. Fenn, Richard A. Ferrare, Johnathan W. Hair, Chris A. Hostetler, Longlei Li, Mary M. Kleb, Amy Jo Scarino, Taylor J. Shingler, Armin Sorooshian, Snorre A. Stamnes, and Xubin Zeng

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An unprecedented 3-year aerosol dataset was collected from a recent NASA field campaign over the western North Atlantic Ocean, which offers a special opportunity to evaluate two state-of-the-art remote sensing instruments, one lidar and the other polarimeter, on the same aircraft. Special attention has been paid to validate aerosol optical depth data and their uncertainties when no reference dataset is available.  Physical reasons for the disagreement between two instruments are discussed.
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