Intercomparison of aerosol extinction profiles retrieved from MAX-DOAS measurements

Frieß, U.; Klein Baltink, H.; Beirle, S.; Clémer, K.; Hendrick, F.; Henzing, B.; Irie, H.; de Leeuw, G.; Li, A.; Moerman, M. M.; van Roozendael, M.; Shaiganfar, R.; Wagner, T.; Wang, Y.; Xie, P.; Yilmaz, S.; Zieger, P.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3205-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3205-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-3205-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 7

Research article

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22 Jul 2016

Research article |

| 22 Jul 2016

Intercomparison of aerosol extinction profiles retrieved from MAX-DOAS measurements

U. Frieß, H. Klein Baltink, S. Beirle, K. Clémer, F. Hendrick, B. Henzing, H. Irie, G. de Leeuw, A. Li, M. M. Moerman, M. van Roozendael, R. Shaiganfar, T. Wagner, Y. Wang, P. Xie, S. Yilmaz, and P. Zieger

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RC1: 'review of "Intercomparison of aerosol extinction profiles retrieved from MAX-DOAS measurements"', Anonymous Referee #1, 15 Mar 2016
- AC1: 'Repliy to reviewer #1', Udo Friess, 11 May 2016
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- AC2: 'Repliy to reviewer #2', Udo Friess, 11 May 2016

Short summary

This article describes the first direct comparison of aerosol extinction profiles from Multi-Axis DOAS measurements of the oxygen collision complex using five different retrieval algorithms. A comparison of the retrieved profiles with co-located aerosol measurements shows good agreement with respect to profile shape and aerosol optical thickness. This study shows that MAX-DOAS is a simple, versatile and cost-effective method for the measurement of aerosol properties in the lower troposphere.