Assimilation of POLDER aerosol optical thickness into the LMDz‐INCA model: Implications for the Arctic aerosol burden [PDF]
The large spatial and temporal variability of atmospheric aerosol load makes it a challenge to quantify aerosol effect on climate. This study is one of the first attempts to apply data assimilation for the analysis of global aerosol distribution. Aerosol optical thickness (AOT) observed from the Polarization and Directionality of the Earth Reflectances
Generoso, S. +5 more
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Modeling the distribution of the volcanic aerosol cloud from the 1783–1784 Laki eruption [PDF]
We conducted simulations of the atmospheric transformation and transport of the emissions of the 1783–1784 Laki basaltic flood lava eruption (64.10°N, 17.15°W) using the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies modelE climate model coupled to a sulfur ...
Alan Robock +13 more
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Modelling soil dust aerosol in the Bodélé depression during the BoDEx campaign [PDF]
We present regional model simulations of the dust emission events during the Bodélé Dust Experiment (BoDEx) that was carried out in February and March 2005 in Chad. A box model version of the dust emission model is used to test different input parameters
Todd, M. +23 more
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Time series of visibility and aerosol optical thickness for the Netherlands have been constructed for 1956–2100 based on observations and aerosol mass scenarios. Aerosol optical thickness from 1956 to 2013 has been reconstructed by converting time series
R Boers +6 more
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Characterizing the way satellite-based aerosol statistics change near clouds is important for better understanding both aerosol-cloud interactions and aerosol direct radiative forcing. This study focuses on the question of whether the observed near-cloud
Tamás Várnai, Alexander Marshak
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Comparisons of the TOMS aerosol index with Sun‐photometer aerosol optical thickness: Results and applications [PDF]
A nearly 20‐year global data set (1979–1994 and 1996 to the present) of tropospheric absorbing aerosols has been developed from total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS) backscattered radiance measurements in the range from 331 to 380 nm. The occurrence of aerosols is derived directly from measured backscattered radiances and is represented by a quantity
N. C. Hsu +8 more
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Aerosol optical depth retrieval from the EarthCARE Multi-Spectral Imager: the M-AOT product [PDF]
The Earth Explorer mission Earth Clouds, Aerosols and Radiation Explorer (EarthCARE) will not only provide profile information on aerosols but also deliver a horizontal context to it through measurements by its Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI).
N. Docter +7 more
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The impact of the 1783–1784 AD Laki eruption on global aerosol formation processes and cloud condensation nuclei [PDF]
The 1783–1784 AD Laki flood lava eruption commenced on 8 June 1783 and released 122 Tg of sulphur dioxide gas over the course of 8 months into the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere above Iceland. Previous studies have examined the impact of the
Carslaw, K. S. +13 more
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Retrieving aerosol height from the oxygen A band: a fast forward operator and sensitivity study concerning spectral resolution, instrumental noise, and surface inhomogeneity [PDF]
Hyperspectral radiance measurements in the oxygen A band are sensitive to the vertical distribution of atmospheric scatterers, which in principle allows the retrieval of aerosol height from future instruments like TROPOMI, OCO2, FLEX, and CarbonSat ...
A. Hollstein, J. Fischer
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Four-dimensional distribution of the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull volcanic cloud over Europe observed by EARLINET [PDF]
The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull in April–May 2010 represents a "natural experiment" to study the impact of volcanic emissions on a continental scale.
ADAM Mariana +332 more
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