Retrieval of aerosol optical thickness for desert conditions using MERIS observations during the SAMUM campaign

Retrieval of aerosol optical thickness for desert conditions using MERIS observations during the SAMUM campaign By TILM A N D IN TER 1∗, W O LFG A N G VO N H OY N IN G EN -H U EN E 1, JO H N P. B U R ROW S 1, A LEX A N D ER KO K H A N OV SK Y 1, EIK E B IERW IRTH 2, M A N FR ED W EN D ISC H 2, D ETLEF M Ü LLER 3, R A LPH K A H N 4 and M O H A M M ED D IO U R I5, 1Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Otto-Hahn-Allee 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany; 2Institute for Atmospheric Physics, Johannes Gutenberg University, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany; 3Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany; 4Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 4800 Oak Grove Drive, 91109 Pasadena, California, USA; 5Faculty of Sciences, University Mohammed I, B.P. 524, Oujda 60000, Morocco

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