Articles | Volume 7, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3989-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3989-2014
Research article
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27 Nov 2014
Research article |  | 27 Nov 2014

MISR research-aerosol-algorithm refinements for dark water retrievals

J. A. Limbacher and R. A. Kahn

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We systematically explore the cumulative effect of MISR research aerosol retrieval algorithm assumptions, quantifying and correcting the main sources of uncertainty over ocean. High median spectral aerosol optical depth biases of ~0.024 at low AOD are reduced to ~0.01 with an improved, physically based ocean surface model, particle properties and mixtures, adaptive reflectance uncertainty estimates and pixel selection, minor radiometric calibration adjustments and more stringent cloud screening.