Improved cloud screening in MAIAC aerosol retrievals using spectral and spatial analysis

Improved cloud screening in MAIAC aerosol retrievals using spectral and spatial analysis A. Lyapustin, Y. Wang, I. Laszlo, and S. Korkin Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland, USA NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, Maryland, USA Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, Maryland, USA

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