Articles | Volume 21, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8593-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-8593-2021
Research article
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08 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 08 Jun 2021

Restoring the top-of-atmosphere reflectance during solar eclipses: a proof of concept with the UV absorbing aerosol index measured by TROPOMI

Victor Trees, Ping Wang, and Piet Stammes

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Given the time and location of a point on the Earth's surface, we explain how to compute the wavelength-dependent obscuration during solar eclipses. We restore the top-of-atmosphere reflectances and the absorbing aerosol index in the partial Moon shadow during the solar eclipses on 26 December 2019 and 21 June 2020 measured by TROPOMI. This correction method resolves eclipse anomalies and allows for study of the effect of solar eclipses on the composition of the Earth's atmosphere from space.
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