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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-7187-2025
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-7187-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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02 Dec 2025
Research article |
| 02 Dec 2025
| 02 Dec 2025
Closing the gap: an algorithmic approach to reconciling in-situ and remotely sensed aerosol properties
Joseph S. Schlosser
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
NASA Postdoctoral Program, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Hampton University, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Sanja Dmitrovic
University of Arizona, James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Ryan Bennett
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Ventura, California, USA
Brian Cairns
NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, New York, USA
Gao Chen
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Glenn S. Diskin
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Richard A. Ferrare
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Johnathan W. Hair
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Michael A. Jones
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Jeffrey S. Reid
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, California, USA
Taylor J. Shingler
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Michael A. Shook
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Armin Sorooshian
University of Arizona, James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Department of Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Kenneth L. Thornhill
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Luke D. Ziemba
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Snorre Stamnes
NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, USA
Data sets
Aerosol cloud meteorology interactions over the western atlantic experiment data ACTIVATE science team https://doi.org/10.5067/SUBORBITAL/ACTIVATE/DATA001
Short summary
This study focuses on aerosol particles, which critically influence the atmosphere by scattering and absorbing light. To understand these interactions, airborne field campaigns deploy instruments that can measure these particles’ directly or indirectly via remote sensing. We introduce the In Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (ISARA) to ensure consistency between aerosol measurements and show that the two data sets generally align, with some deviation caused by the presence of larger particles.
This study focuses on aerosol particles, which critically influence the atmosphere by scattering...
