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| Titel |
Volcanic ash detection with infrared limb sounding: MIPAS observations and radiative transfer simulations |
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S. Griessbach, L. Hoffmann, R. Spang, M. Riese |
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| Sprache |
Englisch
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| ISSN |
1867-1381
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In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques ; 7, no. 5 ; Nr. 7, no. 5 (2014-05-28), S.1487-1507 |
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250115769
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/amt-7-1487-2014.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Small volcanic ash particles have long residence times in the troposphere and
the stratosphere so that they have significant impact on the Earth's
radiative budget and consequently affect climate. For global long-term
observations of volcanic aerosol, infrared limb measurements provide
excellent coverage, sensitivity to thin aerosol layers, and altitude
information. The optical properties of volcanic ash and ice particles,
derived from micro-physical properties, have opposing spectral gradients
between 700 and 960 cm−1 for small particle sizes. Radiative transfer
simulations that account for single scattering showed that the opposing
spectral gradients directly transfer to infrared limb spectra. Indeed, we
found the characteristic spectral signature, expected for volcanic ash, in
measurements of the Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding
(MIPAS) after the eruption of the Chilean volcano Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
in June 2011. From these measurements we derived an ash detection threshold
function. The empirical ash detection threshold was confirmed in an extensive
simulations study covering a wide range of atmospheric conditions, particle
sizes and particle concentrations for ice, volcanic ash and sulfate
aerosol. From the simulations we derived the upper detectable effective
radius of 3.5 μm and the detectable extinction coefficient range of
5 × 10−3 to 1 × 10−1 km−1. We also showed
that this method is only sensitive to volcanic ash particles, but not to
volcanic sulfate aerosol. This volcanic ash detection method for infrared
limb measurements is a fast and reliable method and provides complementary
information to existing satellite aerosol products. |
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