Development, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci)
Producing a global and comprehensive description of atmospheric aerosols requires integration of ground-based, airborne, satellite and model datasets. Due to its complexity, aerosol monitoring requires the use of several data records with complementary information content. This paper describes the l...
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| author | Popp, T de Leeuw, G Bingen, C Brühl, C Capelle, V Chedin, A Clarisse, L Dubovik, O Grainger, R Griesfeller, J Heckel, A Kinne, S Klüser, L Kosmale, M Kolmonen, P Lelli, L Litvinov, P Mei, L North, P Pinnock, S Povey, A Robert, C Schulz, M Sogacheva, L Stebel, K Stein Zweers, D Thomas, G Tilstra, L Vandenbussche, S Veefkind, P Vountas, M Xue, Y |
| author_facet | Popp, T de Leeuw, G Bingen, C Brühl, C Capelle, V Chedin, A Clarisse, L Dubovik, O Grainger, R Griesfeller, J Heckel, A Kinne, S Klüser, L Kosmale, M Kolmonen, P Lelli, L Litvinov, P Mei, L North, P Pinnock, S Povey, A Robert, C Schulz, M Sogacheva, L Stebel, K Stein Zweers, D Thomas, G Tilstra, L Vandenbussche, S Veefkind, P Vountas, M Xue, Y |
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| description | Producing a global and comprehensive description of atmospheric aerosols requires integration of ground-based, airborne, satellite and model datasets. Due to its complexity, aerosol monitoring requires the use of several data records with complementary information content. This paper describes the lessons learned while developing and qualifying algorithms to generate aerosol Climate Data Records (CDR) within the European Space Agency (ESA) Aerosol_cci project. An iterative algorithm development and evaluation cycle involving core users is applied. It begins with the application-specific refinement of user requirements, leading to algorithm development, dataset processing and independent validation followed by user evaluation. This cycle is demonstrated for a CDR of total Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) from two subsequent dual-view radiometers. Specific aspects of its applicability to other aerosol algorithms are illustrated with four complementary aerosol datasets. An important element in the development of aerosol CDRs is the inclusion of several algorithms evaluating the same data to benefit from various solutions to the ill-determined retrieval problem. The iterative approach has produced a 17-year AOD CDR, a 10-year stratospheric extinction profile CDR and a 35-year Absorbing Aerosol Index record. Further evolution cycles have been initiated for complementary datasets to provide insight into aerosol properties (i.e., dust aerosol, aerosol absorption). |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:ad139ce8-781c-434e-ad3a-d8305dc783eb2022-03-27T03:33:14ZDevelopment, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci)Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:ad139ce8-781c-434e-ad3a-d8305dc783ebSymplectic Elements at OxfordMDPI2016Popp, Tde Leeuw, GBingen, CBrühl, CCapelle, VChedin, AClarisse, LDubovik, OGrainger, RGriesfeller, JHeckel, AKinne, SKlüser, LKosmale, MKolmonen, PLelli, LLitvinov, PMei, LNorth, PPinnock, SPovey, ARobert, CSchulz, MSogacheva, LStebel, KStein Zweers, DThomas, GTilstra, LVandenbussche, SVeefkind, PVountas, MXue, YProducing a global and comprehensive description of atmospheric aerosols requires integration of ground-based, airborne, satellite and model datasets. Due to its complexity, aerosol monitoring requires the use of several data records with complementary information content. This paper describes the lessons learned while developing and qualifying algorithms to generate aerosol Climate Data Records (CDR) within the European Space Agency (ESA) Aerosol_cci project. An iterative algorithm development and evaluation cycle involving core users is applied. It begins with the application-specific refinement of user requirements, leading to algorithm development, dataset processing and independent validation followed by user evaluation. This cycle is demonstrated for a CDR of total Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD) from two subsequent dual-view radiometers. Specific aspects of its applicability to other aerosol algorithms are illustrated with four complementary aerosol datasets. An important element in the development of aerosol CDRs is the inclusion of several algorithms evaluating the same data to benefit from various solutions to the ill-determined retrieval problem. The iterative approach has produced a 17-year AOD CDR, a 10-year stratospheric extinction profile CDR and a 35-year Absorbing Aerosol Index record. Further evolution cycles have been initiated for complementary datasets to provide insight into aerosol properties (i.e., dust aerosol, aerosol absorption). |
| spellingShingle | Popp, T de Leeuw, G Bingen, C Brühl, C Capelle, V Chedin, A Clarisse, L Dubovik, O Grainger, R Griesfeller, J Heckel, A Kinne, S Klüser, L Kosmale, M Kolmonen, P Lelli, L Litvinov, P Mei, L North, P Pinnock, S Povey, A Robert, C Schulz, M Sogacheva, L Stebel, K Stein Zweers, D Thomas, G Tilstra, L Vandenbussche, S Veefkind, P Vountas, M Xue, Y Development, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci) |
| title | Development, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci) |
| title_full | Development, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci) |
| title_fullStr | Development, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci) |
| title_short | Development, Production and Evaluation of Aerosol Climate Data Records from European Satellite Observations (Aerosol_cci) |
| title_sort | development production and evaluation of aerosol climate data records from european satellite observations aerosol cci |
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