Simultaneous polarimeter retrievals of microphysical aerosol and ocean color parameters from the “MAPP” algorithm with comparison to high spectral resolution lidar aerosol and ocean products

1NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), Hampton, VA 2NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), New York, NY 3Trinnovim LLC, New York, NY 4Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, Utrecht 3584 CA, Netherlands 5Center for Climate Systems Research, Columbia University, New York, NY 6Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, 2880 Broadway, New York, NY 7GESTAR/Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, MD 8NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 9Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 10Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ *Corresponding author: snorre.a.stamnes@nasa.gov

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