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Research article
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07 Feb 2020
Research article |
| 07 Feb 2020
| 07 Feb 2020
Above-cloud aerosol optical depth from airborne observations in the southeast Atlantic
Samuel E. LeBlanc
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Jens Redemann
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Connor Flynn
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Kristina Pistone
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Meloë Kacenelenbogen
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Michal Segal-Rosenheimer
Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Porter School of the
Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Yohei Shinozuka
Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Stephen Dunagan
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Robert P. Dahlgren
California State University Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA, USA
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Kerry Meyer
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
James Podolske
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
Steven G. Howell
University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Steffen Freitag
University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Jennifer Small-Griswold
University of Hawai`i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
Brent Holben
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Michael Diamond
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Robert Wood
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Paola Formenti
LISA, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris-Est Créteil et
Université Paris Diderot,
Institut Pierre Simon Laplace, Créteil, France
Stuart Piketh
North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa
Gillian Maggs-Kölling
Gobabeb Research and Training Center, Gobabeb, Namibia
Monja Gerber
Sam Nujoma Marine and Coastal Resources Research Centre (SANUMARC),
University of Namibia, Henties Bay, Namibia
Andreas Namwoonde
Sam Nujoma Marine and Coastal Resources Research Centre (SANUMARC),
University of Namibia, Henties Bay, Namibia
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Short summary
The southeast Atlantic during August–October experiences layers of smoke from biomass burning over marine stratocumulus clouds. Here we present the light attenuation of the smoke and its dependence in the spatial, vertical, and spectral domain through direct measurements from an airborne platform during September 2016. From our observations of this climatically important smoke, we found an average aerosol optical depth of 0.32 at 500 nm, slightly lower than comparative satellite measurements.
The southeast Atlantic during August–October experiences layers of smoke from biomass burning...
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