Remote sensing of aerosols over snow using infrared AATSR observations

• Published in: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
• Main Authors: Istomina, L. G., von Hoyningen-Huene, W., Kokhanovsky, A. A., Schultz, E., Burrows, J. P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2011
• Subjects: article; Verlagsveröffentlichung; Arctic; Greenland; Kangerlussuaq; Aerosol Robotic Network; Ice Sheet
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-4-1133-2011; https://noa.gwlb.de/receive/cop_mods_00027284; https://noa.gwlb.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/cop_derivate_00027239/amt-4-1133-2011.pdf; https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/4/1133/2011/amt-4-1133-2011.pdf

Infrared (IR) retrievals of aerosol optical thickness (AOT) are challenging because of the low reflectance of aerosol layer at longer wavelengths. In this paper we present a closer analysis of this problem, performed with radiative transfer (RT) simulations for coarse and accumulation mode of four m...