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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4335-2026
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-4335-2026
© Author(s) 2026. 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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01 Jul 2026
Research article |
| 01 Jul 2026
| 01 Jul 2026
Ground-based MFRSR UV-Vis spectral retrievals of Saharan dust absorption at Izaña Observatory
Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD, United States
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Nickolay Krotkov
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Omar Torres
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Jungbin Mok
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States
Gordon Labow
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States
Elena Lind
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Tom Eck
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, GESTAR-II, Baltimore, MD, United States
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Wei Gao
USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
George Janson
USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Scott Simpson
USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Darrin Sharp
USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Kathy Lantz
Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML), Radiation, Aerosol, and Cloud Division (GRAD), NOAA, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Charles Wilson
Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML), Radiation, Aerosol, and Cloud Division (GRAD), NOAA, Boulder, Colorado, United States
Africa Barreto
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Group of Atmospheric Optics, University of Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
Rosa García
TRAGSATEC, Madrid, Spain
Izaña Atmospheric Research Center (IARC), State Meteorological Agency (AEMET), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Sergey Korkin
University of Maryland, Baltimore County, GESTAR-II, Baltimore, MD, United States
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
David Flittner
NASA Langley Atmospheric Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Data sets
Ground-based UV-VIS MFRSR Spectral Aerosol Absorption Dataset of Saharan Dust at Izaña Observatory Hiren Jethva et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18112037
Short summary
A synergistic ground-based remote sensing algorithm applied to Aerosol Robotic Network and Multifilter Rotating Shadowband Radiometer allowed retrievals of UV (ultraviolet)-Vis (visible) spectral aerosol absorption of Saharan dust at the Izaña Atmospheric Observatory. The retrieved dataset provides a valuable reference for evaluating satellite ultraviolet dust absorption inversions and further helps infer dust mineralogy to improve dust representation in Earth System Models.
A synergistic ground-based remote sensing algorithm applied to Aerosol Robotic Network and...
