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The MISR Research Product Algorithm – producing global, self-consistent, pixel-level aerosol retrievals for the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer
Michael Anstett
Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham MD 20706, USA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771, USA
James A. Limbacher
Science and Technology Corporation (STC), Hampton, VA, USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park MD 20740, USA
Ralph A. Kahn
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Laboratory for Atmospheric & Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder CO 80303, USA
formerly at: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD 20771, USA
retired
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 26, 171–196, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-171-2026, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-26-171-2026, 2026
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Katherine T. Junghenn Noyes and Ralph A. Kahn
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Atmos. Chem. Phys., 25, 7403–7429, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-7403-2025, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-7403-2025, 2025
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Mariya Petrenko, Ralph Kahn, Mian Chin, Susanne E. Bauer, Tommi Bergman, Huisheng Bian, Gabriele Curci, Ben Johnson, Johannes W. Kaiser, Zak Kipling, Harri Kokkola, Xiaohong Liu, Keren Mezuman, Tero Mielonen, Gunnar Myhre, Xiaohua Pan, Anna Protonotariou, Samuel Remy, Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, Philip Stier, Toshihiko Takemura, Kostas Tsigaridis, Hailong Wang, Duncan Watson-Parris, and Kai Zhang
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James A. Limbacher, Ralph A. Kahn, and Jaehwa Lee
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Katherine T. Junghenn Noyes, Ralph A. Kahn, James A. Limbacher, and Zhanqing Li
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Matthew W. Christensen, Andrew Gettelman, Jan Cermak, Guy Dagan, Michael Diamond, Alyson Douglas, Graham Feingold, Franziska Glassmeier, Tom Goren, Daniel P. Grosvenor, Edward Gryspeerdt, Ralph Kahn, Zhanqing Li, Po-Lun Ma, Florent Malavelle, Isabel L. McCoy, Daniel T. McCoy, Greg McFarquhar, Johannes Mülmenstädt, Sandip Pal, Anna Possner, Adam Povey, Johannes Quaas, Daniel Rosenfeld, Anja Schmidt, Roland Schrödner, Armin Sorooshian, Philip Stier, Velle Toll, Duncan Watson-Parris, Robert Wood, Mingxi Yang, and Tianle Yuan
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Trace gases and aerosols (tiny airborne particles) are released from a variety of point sources around the globe. Examples include volcanoes, industrial chimneys, forest fires, and ship stacks. These sources provide opportunistic experiments with which to quantify the role of aerosols in modifying cloud properties. We review the current state of understanding on the influence of aerosol on climate built from the wide range of natural and anthropogenic laboratories investigated in recent decades.
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This paper describes the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Research Product Algorithm (MRPA) and analyzes its performance. The MRPA an aerosol retrieval algorithm based on the MISR aerosol Research Algorithm (RA), which explored and introduced innovations into MISR aerosol retrievals. Previously, the RA ran on a limited, case-by-case basis. The MRPA is an automated version optimized so users can create 1.1 km-resolution, quality aerosol-type results for most of the MISR data record.
This paper describes the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Research Product Algorithm...
