Articles | Volume 14, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-27-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-14-27-2021
Development and technical paper
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05 Jan 2021
Development and technical paper |  | 05 Jan 2021

Development of an Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) aerosol index (AI) data assimilation scheme for aerosol modeling over bright surfaces – a step toward direct radiance assimilation in the UV spectrum

Jianglong Zhang, Robert J. D. Spurr, Jeffrey S. Reid, Peng Xian, Peter R. Colarco, James R. Campbell, Edward J. Hyer, and Nancy L. Baker

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A first-of-its-kind scheme has been developed for assimilating Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI)...
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