What is it about?
We have developed an aerosol remote sensing algorithm called the MWPM to utilize both the multi-wavelength and multi-pixel information. The result have shown that our algorithm is able to retrieve AOTs for fine and coarse modes, soot volume fraction in fine-mode particles (SF) or aerosol single scattering albedo (SSA) over heterogeneous surfaces such as urban areas from radiances of the GOSAT/CAI imager
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Why is it important?
Anthropogenic aerosols over urban areas may have important effects on climate. We have shown that our aerosol retrieval algorithm can simultaneously retrieve aerosol optical thickness (AOT) and aerosol single scattering albedo (SSA) by using spatial inhomogeneity of surface reflectance over urban areas.
Perspectives
I hope our algorithm and this article will contribute to aerosol and climate research by measuring the aerosol properties of urban areas more accurately.
Makiko Hashiomto
JAXA
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This page is a summary of: Development of a remote sensing algorithm to retrieve atmospheric aerosol properties using multiwavelength and multipixel information, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/2016jd025698.
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