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Relationship between wind speed and aerosol optical depth over remote ocean

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 9:6 (2009) 24511-24529

Authors:

H Huang, GE Thomas, RG Grainger

The GRAPE aerosol retrieval algorithm

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 2:2 (2009) 679-701

Authors:

GE Thomas, CA Poulsen, AM Sayer, SH Marsh, SM Dean, E Carboni, R Siddans, RG Grainger, BN Lawrence
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The radiation tolerance of specific optical fibres exposed to 650 kGy(Si) of ionizing radiation

JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION 4 (2009) ARTN P07010

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B Arvidsson, K Dunn, C Issever, BT Huffman, M Jones, J Kierstead, G Kuyt, T Liu, A Povey, E Regnier, AR Weidberg, A Xiang, J Ye
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Validation of the GRAPE single view aerosol retrieval for ATSR-2 and insights into the long term global AOD trend

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 9:5 (2009) 21581-21618

Authors:

GE Thomas, CA Poulsen, R Siddans, AM Sayer, E Carboni, SH Marsh, SM Dean, RG Grainger, BN Lawrence

Aerosol remote sensing with AATSR: The dual-view ORAC retrieval scheme

European Space Agency Special Publication ESA SP (2008)

Authors:

AM Sayer, GE Thomas, RG Grainger, CT Mutlow

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The differing path lengths of AATSR's forward and nadir views can be used to separate the contributions from aerosol scattering and surface reflectance in the observed top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiance. The nadir-view Oxford-RAL retrieval of Aerosols and Clouds (ORAC) scheme has been extended to take advantage of the dual-view capabilities AATSR offers. The new algorithm uses optimal estimation to retrieve aerosol optical depth at 550 nm, effective radius and the white-sky surface albedo at AATSR visible channel wavelengths. A comparison of retrieval results for the month of September 2004 with AERONET and MISR measurements is presented, along with some applications of the data to the Amazon region.