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Title: Extending “Deep Blue” aerosol retrieval coverage to cases of absorbing aerosols above clouds: Sensitivity analysis and first case studies

Journal Article · · Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024729· OSTI ID:1327132
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  1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States); Univ. Space Research Association, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
  2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States)
  3. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States); Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD (United States)
  4. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, MD (United States); Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
  5. NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA (United States)
  6. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  7. Bay Area Environmental Research Inst., Petaluma, CA (United States)
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Cases of absorbing aerosols above clouds (AAC), such as smoke or mineral dust, are omitted from most routinely-processed space-based aerosol optical depth (AOD) data products, including those from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). This study presents a sensitivity analysis and preliminary algorithm to retrieve above-cloud AOD and liquid cloud optical depth (COD) for AAC cases from MODIS or similar

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; NASA ROSES
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1327132
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-117437; 400409900
Journal Information:
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Vol. 121, Issue 9; ISSN 2169-897X
Publisher:
American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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Cited by: 42 works
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