Error sources in the retrieval of aerosol information over bright surfaces from satellite measurements in the oxygen A band

Nanda, Swadhin; de Graaf, Martin; Sneep, Maarten; de Haan, Johan F.; Stammes, Piet; Sanders, Abram F. J.; Tuinder, Olaf; Veefkind, J. Pepijn; Levelt, Pieternel F.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-161-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-161-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-161-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 1

Research article

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10 Jan 2018

Research article |

| 10 Jan 2018

Error sources in the retrieval of aerosol information over bright surfaces from satellite measurements in the oxygen A band

Swadhin Nanda, Martin de Graaf, Maarten Sneep, Johan F. de Haan, Piet Stammes, Abram F. J. Sanders, Olaf Tuinder, J. Pepijn Veefkind, and Pieternel F. Levelt

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RC1: 'review comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Oct 2017
- AC1: 'Response to amt-2017-323-RC1', Swadhin Nanda, 24 Nov 2017
RC2: 'comments to manuscript amt-2017-323', Anonymous Referee #2, 30 Oct 2017
- AC2: 'Response to amt-2017-323-RC2', Swadhin Nanda, 24 Nov 2017

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AR by Swadhin Nanda on behalf of the Authors (30 Nov 2017)

Short summary

Estimating aerosol layer height in the atmosphere from satellite data in the oxygen A band (758–770 nm) over land is challenging over land, since the surface is generally very bright in this wavelength region. This paper discusses an interplay between the surface and the atmosphere in their contributions to the top-of-atmosphere reflectance spectrum and the consequent biases obtained while estimating aerosol layer height, using synthetic data and real data from the GOME-2 satellite instrument.