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Aerosol retrievals under partly cloudy conditions: challenges and perspectives

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There are many interesting and intriguing features of aerosols near clouds – many of which can be quite engaging, as well as being useful and climate- related. Exploring aerosols by means of remote sensing, in situ observations, and numerical modeling has piqued our curiosity and led to improved insights into the nature of aerosol and clouds and their complex relationship. This chapter conveys the outstanding issues of cloudy-sky aerosol retrievals and outlines fruitful connections between the remote sensing of important climate-related aerosol properties and other research areas such as in situ measurements and model simulations. The chapter focuses mostly on treating inverse problems in the context of passive satellite remote sensing and how they can improve our understanding of the cloud-aerosol interactions. The presentation covers basics of the inverse-problem theory, reviews available approaches, and discusses their applications to partly cloudy situations.

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Kassianov, E., Ovchinnikov, M., Berg, L.K., Flynn, C. (2011). Aerosol retrievals under partly cloudy conditions: challenges and perspectives. In: Mishchenko, M., Yatskiv, Y., Rosenbush, V., Videen, G. (eds) Polarimetric Detection, Characterization and Remote Sensing. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1636-0_8

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