Articles | Volume 31, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1773-2013
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-31-1773-2013
ANGEO Communicates
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22 Oct 2013
ANGEO Communicates |  | 22 Oct 2013

Estimates of aerosol absorption over India using multi-satellite retrieval

D. Narasimhan and S. K. Satheesh

Abstract. Aerosol absorption is poorly quantified because of the lack of adequate measurements. It has been shown that the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aboard EOS-Aura and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard EOS-Aqua, which fly in formation as part of the A-train, provide an excellent opportunity to improve the accuracy of aerosol retrievals. Here, we follow a multi-satellite approach to estimate the regional distribution of aerosol absorption over continental India for the first time. Annually and regionally averaged aerosol single-scattering albedo over the Indian landmass is estimated as 0.94 ± 0.03. Our study demonstrates the potential of multi-satellite data analysis to improve the accuracy of retrieval of aerosol absorption over land.

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