Technical note: A simple method for retrieval of dust aerosol optical depth with polarized reflectance over oceans

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Our previous study shows that the angle of linear polarization (AOLP) of solar radiation that is scattered from clouds at near-backscatter angles can be used to detect super-thin cirrus clouds over oceans. Such clouds are too thin to be sensed using any current passive satellite instruments that only measure light's total intensity, because of the uncertainty in surface reflection. In this report, we show that with a method similar to the super-thin cloud detection algorithm, dust aerosols may also be detected and differentiated from clouds. We also show that the degree of polarization of reflected light can be used for retrieving the optical depth of dust aerosols in the neighborhood of the backscatter angle, regardless of the reflecting surface conditions. This is a simple and robust algorithm, which could be used to survey dust aerosols over midlatitude and tropical oceans.

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Sun, W., Hu, Y., Baize, R. R., Videen, G., Kim, S. S., Choi, Y. J., … Zubko, E. (2019). Technical note: A simple method for retrieval of dust aerosol optical depth with polarized reflectance over oceans. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(24), 15583–15586. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-15583-2019

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