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14 Apr 2025
 | 14 Apr 2025
Status: this preprint is open for discussion and under review for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques (AMT).

Synergetic Retrieval from Multi-Mission Spaceborne Measurements for Enhancement of Aerosol and Surface Characterization

Pavel Litvinov, Cheng Chen, Oleg Dubovik, Siyao Zhai, Christian Matar, Chong Li, Anton Lopatin, David Fuertes, Tatyana Lapyonok, Lukas Bindreiter, Manuel Dornacher, Arthur Lehner, Alexandru Dandocsi, Daniele Gasbarra, and Christian Retscher

Abstract. Atmospheric aerosol is one of the main drivers of climate change. At present time there are a number of different satellites on Earth orbit dedicated to aerosol studies. Due to limited information content, the main aerosol products of the most of satellite missions is AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth) while the accuracy of aerosol size and type retrieval from spaceborne remote sensing still requires essential improvement. The combination of measurements from different satellites essentially increases their information content and, therefore, can provide new possibilities for retrieval of extended set of both aerosol and surface properties.

A generalized synergetic approach for aerosol and surface characterization from diverse spaceborne measurements was developed on the basis of GRASP (Generalized Retrieval of Atmosphere and Surface Properties) algorithm (SYREMIS/GRASP approach). The concept was applied and tested on two types of synergetic measurements: (i) synergy from polar orbiting satellites (LEO+LEO synergy), (ii) synergy from polar orbiting and geostationary satellites (LEO+GEO synergy). On one hand such synergetic constellation extends the spectral range of the measurements. On the other hand, it provides unprecedented global spatial coverage with high temporal resolution, which is crucial for number of climate studies.

In this paper we discuss the physical basis and concept of the LEO+LEO and LEO+GEO synergies used in GRASP retrieval and demonstrate that SYREMIS/GRASP approach allows the transition of information content from the instruments with the richest information content to the instruments with lower one. This results in the substantial enhancements in aerosol and surface characterizations for all instruments from the synergy.

Competing interests: Some authors are members of the editorial board of journal AMT.

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Pavel Litvinov, Cheng Chen, Oleg Dubovik, Siyao Zhai, Christian Matar, Chong Li, Anton Lopatin, David Fuertes, Tatyana Lapyonok, Lukas Bindreiter, Manuel Dornacher, Arthur Lehner, Alexandru Dandocsi, Daniele Gasbarra, and Christian Retscher

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Pavel Litvinov, Cheng Chen, Oleg Dubovik, Siyao Zhai, Christian Matar, Chong Li, Anton Lopatin, David Fuertes, Tatyana Lapyonok, Lukas Bindreiter, Manuel Dornacher, Arthur Lehner, Alexandru Dandocsi, Daniele Gasbarra, and Christian Retscher
Pavel Litvinov, Cheng Chen, Oleg Dubovik, Siyao Zhai, Christian Matar, Chong Li, Anton Lopatin, David Fuertes, Tatyana Lapyonok, Lukas Bindreiter, Manuel Dornacher, Arthur Lehner, Alexandru Dandocsi, Daniele Gasbarra, and Christian Retscher

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Developed SYREMIS/GRASP multi-instrument synergetic approach is based on three main principles: (i) harmonization of the multi-instruments L1 measurements, (ii) their “weighting” and (iii) optimization of the forward models and the retrieval setups. It substantially enhances aerosol and surface BRDF characterization from spaceborne measurements. Being quite universal, the approach can be extended to future missions, including synergy with multi-angular, multi-spectral, polarimetric measurements.
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