Mishchenko et al. 1999

Mishchenko, M.I., I.V. Geogdzhayev, B. Cairns, W.B. Rossow, and A.A. Lacis, 1999: Aerosol retrievals over the ocean using channel 1 and 2 AVHRR data: A sensitivity analysis and preliminary results. Appl. Opt., 38, 7325-7341.

This paper outlines the methodology of interpreting channel 1 and 2 AVHRR radiance data over the oceans and describes a detailed analysis of the sensitivity of monthly averages of retrieved aerosol parameters to the assumptions made in different retrieval algorithms. The analysis is based on using real AVHRR data and exploiting accurate numerical techniques for computing single and multiple scattering and spectral absorption of light in the vertically inhomogeneous atmosphere-ocean system. We show that two-channel algoritms can be expected to provide significantly more accurate and less biased retrievals of the aerosol optical thickness than one-channel algorithms and that imperfect cloud screening and calibration uncertainties are by far the largest sources of errors in the retrieved aerosol parameters. Both underestimating and overestimating aerosol absorption as well as the potentially strong variability of the real part of the aerosol refractive index may lead to regional and/or seasonal biases in optical thickness retrievals.

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Mishchenko, M.I., Geogdzhayev, I.V., Cairns, B., Rossow, W.B., and Lacis, A.A.: Aerosol retrievals over the ocean using channel 1 and 2 AVHRR data: A sensitivity analysis and preliminary results, Appl. Opt., 38, 7325-7341, 1999.

Mishchenko, M.I., I.V. Geogdzhayev, B. Cairns, W.B. Rossow, and A.A. Lacis (1999), Aerosol retrievals over the ocean using channel 1 and 2 AVHRR data: A sensitivity analysis and preliminary results, Appl. Opt., 38, 7325-7341.

Mishchenko, M.I., I.V. Geogdzhayev, B. Cairns, W.B. Rossow, and A.A. Lacis, 1999: Aerosol retrievals over the ocean using channel 1 and 2 AVHRR data: A sensitivity analysis and preliminary results. Appl. Opt., 38, 7325-7341.

Mishchenko, M.I., Geogdzhayev, I.V., Cairns, B., Rossow, W.B., & Lacis, A.A. 1999, Appl. Opt., 38, 7325.

Mishchenko MI, Geogdzhayev IV, Cairns B, Rossow WB, Lacis AA. Aerosol retrievals over the ocean using channel 1 and 2 AVHRR data: A sensitivity analysis and preliminary results, Appl Opt 1999;38:7325-7341.

M.I. Mishchenko, I.V. Geogdzhayev, B. Cairns, W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, Appl. Opt. 38, 7325-7341 (1999).