Validation of new satellite aerosol optical depth retrieval algorithm using Raman lidar observations at radiative transfer laboratory in Warsaw

• Published in: EPJ Web of Conferences
• Main Authors: Zawadzka Olga, Stachlewska Iwona S., Markowicz Krzysztof M., Nemuc Anca, Stebel Kerstin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2018
• Subjects: Physics; QC1-999; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201817604008; https://doaj.org/article/3e675aa24f624a8fb49198b36f32a17a

During an exceptionally warm September of 2016, the unique, stable weather conditions over Poland allowed for an extensive testing of the new algorithm developed to improve the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) aerosol optical depth (AOD) retrieval. The development was conducted in the frame of the ESA-ESRIN SAMIRA project. The new AOD algorithm aims at providing the aerosol optical depth maps over the territory of Poland with a high temporal resolution of 15 minutes. It was tested on the data set obtained between 11-16 September 2016, during which a day of relatively clean atmospheric background related to an Arctic airmass inflow was surrounded by a few days with well increased aerosol load of different origin. On the clean reference day, for estimating surface reflectance the AOD forecast available on-line via the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) was used. The obtained AOD maps were validated against AODs available within the Poland-AOD and AERONET networks, and with AOD values obtained from the PollyXT-UW lidar. of the University of Warsaw (UW).