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Absorption and fluorescence of CDOM are widely used to characterize its concentration and composition, both in situ and with remote sensing techniques. As fluorescence is an inelastic scattering process, it can potentially be observed in filling-in of Fraunhofer lines with the DOAS method in high spectrally resolved satellite data. Here, we perform a theoretical model study and preliminary DOAS retrieval on SCIAMACHY data in order to test the feasibility of such an approach. Our results show that retrieving CDOM fluorescence is difficult, due to its relatively weak signal in global oceans (in comparison to Raman scattering of clear water) and varying broad spectral features. Detailed studies of the synergistic use of narrow and broad fluorescence features, and an appropriate scheme to account for disturbance effects of Raman scattering, are needed for further investigating the retrieval of CDOM fluorescence.
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Aleksandra Wolanin gratefully acknowledges financial support provided by the Earth System Science Research School (ESSReS), an initiative of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (HGF) at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) and HGF Innovative Network Fund (PHYTOOPTICS project). Authors thank DLR and ESA for SCIAMACHY level-1 data. We also acknowledge the MODIS mission scientists and associated NASA personnel for the production of the data used in this research effort. Analyses and visualizations were produced with the Giovanni online data system, developed and maintained by the NASA GES DISC. We also thank C. Stedmon and K. Carder for providing CDOM data and their helpful comments throughout the development of this chapter.
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Wolanin, A., Rozanov, V., Dinter, T., Bracher, A. (2015). Detecting CDOM Fluorescence Using High Spectrally Resolved Satellite Data: A Model Study. In: Lohmann, G., Meggers, H., Unnithan, V., Wolf-Gladrow, D., Notholt, J., Bracher, A. (eds) Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach in Earth System Science. Springer Earth System Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13865-7_13
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