Aerosol single-scattering albedo over the global oceans: Comparing PARASOL retrievals with AERONET, OMI, and AeroCom models estimates
Abstract
The aerosol Single Scattering Albedo (SSA) over the global oceans is evaluated based on polarimetric measurements by the PARASOL satellite. The retrieved values for SSA and Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) agree well with the ground-based measurements of the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET). The global coverage provided by the PARASOL observations represents a unique opportunity to evaluate SSA and AOD simulated by atmospheric transport model runs, as performed in the AeroCom framework. The SSA estimate provided by the AeroCom models is generally higher than the SSA retrieved from both PARASOL and AERONET. On the other hand, the mean simulated AOD is about right or slightly underestimated compared with observations. An overestimate of the SSA by the models would suggest that these simulate an overly strong aerosol radiative cooling at top-of-atmosphere (TOA) and underestimate it at surface. This implies that aerosols have a potential stronger impact within the atmosphere than currently simulated.
- Authors:
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- SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Utrecht Netherlands
- Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Catonsville Maryland USA
- Department of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila Italy; CETEMPS, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila Italy
- Center for International Climate and Environmental Research - Oslo, Oslo Norway
- KNMI Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt Netherlands
- Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Oslo Norway
- Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University, Fukuoka Japan
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington USA; Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg Germany
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1229959
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA-107007
Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X; KP1703020
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 18; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-897X
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Citation Formats
Lacagnina, Carlo, Hasekamp, Otto P., Bian, Huisheng, Curci, Gabriele, Myhre, Gunnar, van Noije, Twan, Schulz, Michael, Skeie, Ragnhild B., Takemura, Toshihiko, and Zhang, Kai. Aerosol single-scattering albedo over the global oceans: Comparing PARASOL retrievals with AERONET, OMI, and AeroCom models estimates. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1002/2015JD023501.
Lacagnina, Carlo, Hasekamp, Otto P., Bian, Huisheng, Curci, Gabriele, Myhre, Gunnar, van Noije, Twan, Schulz, Michael, Skeie, Ragnhild B., Takemura, Toshihiko, & Zhang, Kai. Aerosol single-scattering albedo over the global oceans: Comparing PARASOL retrievals with AERONET, OMI, and AeroCom models estimates. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023501
Lacagnina, Carlo, Hasekamp, Otto P., Bian, Huisheng, Curci, Gabriele, Myhre, Gunnar, van Noije, Twan, Schulz, Michael, Skeie, Ragnhild B., Takemura, Toshihiko, and Zhang, Kai. 2015.
"Aerosol single-scattering albedo over the global oceans: Comparing PARASOL retrievals with AERONET, OMI, and AeroCom models estimates". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023501. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1229959.
@article{osti_1229959,
title = {Aerosol single-scattering albedo over the global oceans: Comparing PARASOL retrievals with AERONET, OMI, and AeroCom models estimates},
author = {Lacagnina, Carlo and Hasekamp, Otto P. and Bian, Huisheng and Curci, Gabriele and Myhre, Gunnar and van Noije, Twan and Schulz, Michael and Skeie, Ragnhild B. and Takemura, Toshihiko and Zhang, Kai},
abstractNote = {The aerosol Single Scattering Albedo (SSA) over the global oceans is evaluated based on polarimetric measurements by the PARASOL satellite. The retrieved values for SSA and Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) agree well with the ground-based measurements of the AErosol RObotic NETwork (AERONET). The global coverage provided by the PARASOL observations represents a unique opportunity to evaluate SSA and AOD simulated by atmospheric transport model runs, as performed in the AeroCom framework. The SSA estimate provided by the AeroCom models is generally higher than the SSA retrieved from both PARASOL and AERONET. On the other hand, the mean simulated AOD is about right or slightly underestimated compared with observations. An overestimate of the SSA by the models would suggest that these simulate an overly strong aerosol radiative cooling at top-of-atmosphere (TOA) and underestimate it at surface. This implies that aerosols have a potential stronger impact within the atmosphere than currently simulated.},
doi = {10.1002/2015JD023501},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1229959},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres},
issn = {2169-897X},
number = 18,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Sun Sep 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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