Atmospheric Measurement Techniques www.atmos-meas-tech.net 1867-1381 1867-8548 2 2 2009 10.5194/amt-2-327-2009 http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/2/327/2009/ http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/2/327/2009/amt-2-327-2009.html http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/2/327/2009/amt-2-327-2009.pdf 327 335 2009-07-13 Determination of particulate matter vertical columns using satellite observations A. A. Kokhanovsky alexk@iup.physik.uni-bremen.de A. S. Prikhach I. L. Katsev E. P. Zege Institute of Environmental Physics, O. Hahn Allee 1, 28334 Bremen, Germany Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Nezavisimosti Prospekt 68, 220068, Minsk, Belarus A new technique to retrieve the particulate matter vertical columns from spaceborne observations is described. The method is based on the measurements of the spectral aerosol optical thickness (AOT). 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