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Liu et al. 2004

Liu, L., M.I. Mishchenko, I. Geogdzhayev, A. Smirnov, S.M. Sakerin, D.M. Kabanov, and O.A. Ershov, 2004: Global validation of two-channel AVHRR aerosol optical thickness retrievals over the oceans. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 88, 97-109, doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.03.031.

The paper presents validation results for the aerosol optical thickness derived by applying a two-channel retrieval algorithm to Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) radiance data. The satellite retrievals are compared with ship-borne sun-photometer results. The comparison of spatial and temporal statistics of the AVHRR results and the ship measurements shows a strong correlation. The satellite retrieval results obtained with the original algorithm for a wavelength of 0.55 µm are systematically higher than the sun-photometer measurements in the cases of low aerosol loads. The ensemble averaged satellite-retrieved optical thickness overestimates the ensemble averaged sun-photometer data by about 11% with a random error of about 0.04. Increasing the diffuse component of the ocean surface reflectance from 0.002 to 0.004 in the AVHRR algorithm produces a better match, with the ensemble-averaged AVHRR-retrieved optical thickness differing by only about 3.6% from the sun-photometer truth and having a small offset of 0.03.

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@article{li01200l,
  author={Liu, L. and Mishchenko, M. I. and Geogdzhayev, I. and Smirnov, A. and Sakerin, S. M. and Kabanov, D. M. and Ershov, O. A.},
  title={Global validation of two-channel AVHRR aerosol optical thickness retrievals over the oceans},
  year={2004},
  journal={Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer},
  volume={88},
  pages={97--109},
  doi={10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.03.031},
}

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TY  - JOUR
ID  - li01200l
AU  - Liu, L.
AU  - Mishchenko, M. I.
AU  - Geogdzhayev, I.
AU  - Smirnov, A.
AU  - Sakerin, S. M.
AU  - Kabanov, D. M.
AU  - Ershov, O. A.
PY  - 2004
TI  - Global validation of two-channel AVHRR aerosol optical thickness retrievals over the oceans
JA  - J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer
JO  - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
VL  - 88
SP  - 97
EP  - 109
DO  - 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.03.031
ER  -

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