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Cloud retrievals from satellite data using optimal estimation: evaluation and application to ATSR

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 5:8 (2012) 1889-1910

Authors:

CA Poulsen, R Siddans, GE Thomas, AM Sayer, RG Grainger, E Campmany, SM Dean, C Arnold, PD Watts
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Estimation of the lidar overlap function by non-linear regression

(2012)

Authors:

AC Povey, RG Grainger, DM Peters, JL Agnew, D Rees

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The overlap function of a Raman channel for a lidar system is retrieved by non-linear regression using an analytic description of the optical system and a simple model for the extinction profile, constrained by aerosol optical thickness. Considering simulated data, the scheme is successful even where the aerosol profile deviates significantly from the simple model assumed. Application to real data is found to reduce by a factor of 1.4 – 2.0 the root-mean-square difference between the attenuated backscatter coefficient as measured by the calibrated instrument and a commercial instrument.
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Fast cloud parameter retrievals of MIPAS/Envisat

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS 12:15 (2012) 7135-7164

Authors:

R Spang, K Arndt, A Dudhia, M Hoepfner, L Hoffmann, J Hurley, RG Grainger, S Griessbach, C Poulsen, JJ Remedios, M Riese, H Sembhi, R Siddans, A Waterfall, C Zehner
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Improved detection of sulphur dioxide in volcanic plumes using satellite-based hyperspectral infrared measurements: Application to the Eyjafjallajkull 2010 eruption

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres 117:5 (2012)

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JC Walker, E Carboni, A Dudhia, RG Grainger
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Intercomparison of desert dust optical depth from satellite measurements

ATMOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES 5:8 (2012) 1973-2002

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E Carboni, GE Thomas, AM Sayer, R Siddans, CA Poulsen, RG Grainger, C Ahn, D Antoine, S Bevan, R Braak, H Brindley, S DeSouza-Machado, JL Deuze, D Diner, F Ducos, W Grey, C Hsu, OV Kalashnikova, R Kahn, PRJ North, C Salustro, A Smith, D Tanre, O Torres, B Veihelmann
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