Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval over Land from Two Angle View Satellite Radiometry
article
Atmospheric aerosol particles play an important role in the Earth’s radiation balance.
They are considered one of the largest uncertainties in today’s climate modelling. To a large
extent, these uncertainties are caused by the lack of aerosol data on a global scale. Due to the
short lifetimes of aerosols in the troposphere (hours to a week), and the many different sources
with different spatial extents and emissions, the aerosol is highly variable in both space and
time. Satellite remote sensing only can provide the global coverage and the spatial and
temporal resolution to measure the inhomogeneous aerosol fields.
They are considered one of the largest uncertainties in today’s climate modelling. To a large
extent, these uncertainties are caused by the lack of aerosol data on a global scale. Due to the
short lifetimes of aerosols in the troposphere (hours to a week), and the many different sources
with different spatial extents and emissions, the aerosol is highly variable in both space and
time. Satellite remote sensing only can provide the global coverage and the spatial and
temporal resolution to measure the inhomogeneous aerosol fields.
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TNO Identifier
95106
Source
Journal of Aerosol Science, 29(Suppl.1), pp. S1299-S1300.
Pages
S1299-S1300
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