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Atmosphere, Volume 4, Issue 1

2013 March - 4 articles

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9 Citations

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24 Pages

Characterizing a New Surface-Based Shortwave Cloud Retrieval Technique, Based on Transmitted Radiance for Soil and Vegetated Surface Types

Odele Coddington,
Peter Pilewskie,
K. Sebastian Schmidt,
Patrick J. McBride and
Tomislava Vukicevic

Atmosphere2013, 4(1), 48-71;https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos4010048

19 March 2013

This paper presents an approach using the GEneralized Nonlinear Retrieval Analysis (GENRA) tool and general inverse theory diagnostics including the maximum likelihood solution and the Shannon information content to investigate the performance of a n...

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22 Citations

8,649 Views

13 Pages

Dust Detection and Optical Depth Retrieval Using MSG‑SEVIRI Data

Filomena Romano,
Elisabetta Ricciardelli,
Domenico Cimini,
Francesco Di Paola and
Mariassunta Viggiano

Atmosphere2013, 4(1), 35-47;https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos4010035

5 March 2013

Thanks to its observational frequency of 15 min, the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) geostationary satellite offers a great potential to monitor dust storms. To explore this potential, an algorithm for the detection and the retrieval of dust aerosol...

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8,123 Views

18 Pages

Biomass Burning Aerosols Observed in Northern Finland during the 2010 Wildfires in Russia

Tero Mielonen,
Veijo Aaltonen,
Heikki Lihavainen,
Antti-Pekka Hyvärinen,
Antti Arola,
Mika Komppula and
Rigel Kivi

Atmosphere2013, 4(1), 17-34;https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos4010017

28 February 2013

A smoke plume originating from the massive wildfires near Moscow was clearly detected in northern Finland on 30 July 2010. Measurements made with remote sensing instruments demonstrated how the biomass burning aerosols affected the chemical and optic...

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16 Pages

A Comparison of the Mineral Dust Absorptive Properties between Two Asian Dust Events

Timothy Logan,
Baike Xi and
Xiquan Dong

Atmosphere2013, 4(1), 1-16;https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos4010001

28 January 2013

Asian dust events are generated by deep convection from strong low pressure systems that form over mineral dust source regions. This study compares the mineral dust optical properties of two strong Asian dust events from the winter (December 2007) an...

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