Accounting for the effects of surface BRDF on satellite cloud and trace-gas retrievals: a new approach based on geometry-dependent Lambertian equivalent reflectivity applied to OMI algorithms

Most satellite nadir ultraviolet and visible cloud, aerosol, and trace-gas algorithms make use of climatological surface reflectivity databases. For example, cloud and NO<sub>2</sub> retrievals for the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) use monthly gridded surface reflectivity climatologi...

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Main Authors: A. Vasilkov, W. Qin, N. Krotkov, L. Lamsal, R. Spurr, D. Haffner, J. Joiner, E.-S. Yang, S. Marchenko
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Online Access:http://www.atmos-meas-tech.net/10/333/2017/amt-10-333-2017.pdf