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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3235-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-3235-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
| 
03 Mar 2021
Research article |
| 03 Mar 2021
| 03 Mar 2021
Observation of absorbing aerosols above clouds over the south-east Atlantic Ocean from the geostationary satellite SEVIRI – Part 2: Comparison with MODIS and aircraft measurements from the CLARIFY-2017 field campaign
College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences,
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
now at: Laboratoire d'Optique Atmosphérique, Université de
Lille, Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Peter Francis
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Steven J. Abel
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Paul A. Barrett
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Keith N. Bower
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental
Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Michael I. Cotterell
College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences,
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
now at: School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
Ian Crawford
Centre for Atmospheric Science, School of Earth and Environmental
Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
Nicholas W. Davies
College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences,
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Cathryn Fox
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Stuart Fox
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Justin M. Langridge
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Kerry G. Meyer
NASA GSFC, Maryland, USA
Steven E. Platnick
NASA GSFC, Maryland, USA
Kate Szpek
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Jim M. Haywood
College of Engineering, Mathematics, and Physical Sciences,
University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
Met Office, Fitzroy Road, Exeter, UK
Data sets
Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) flights Centre for Environmental Data (CEDA) http://data.ceda.ac.uk/badc/faam/data/
Short summary
Satellite observations at high temporal resolution are a valuable asset to monitor the transport of biomass burning plumes and the cloud diurnal cycle in the South Atlantic, but they need to be validated. Cloud and above-cloud aerosol properties retrieved from SEVIRI are compared against MODIS and measurements from the CLARIFY-2017 campaign. While some systematic differences are observed between SEVIRI and MODIS, the overall agreement in the cloud and aerosol properties is very satisfactory.
Satellite observations at high temporal resolution are a valuable asset to monitor the transport...
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