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@ARTICLE{Griessbach:139374,
author = {Griessbach, Sabine and Hoffmann, L. and Spang, R. and
Riese, M.},
title = {{V}olcanic ash detection with infrared limb sounding:
{MIPAS} observations and radiative transfer simulations},
journal = {Atmospheric measurement techniques discussions},
volume = {6},
number = {6},
issn = {1867-8610},
reportid = {FZJ-2013-05370},
pages = {9939 - 9991},
year = {2013},
abstract = {Small volcanic ash particles have long residence times in
troposphere and stratosphere so that they have impact on the
Earth's radiative budget and consequently affect climate.
For global long term observations of volcanic aerosol,
infrared limb measurements provide excellent coverage,
sensitivity to thin aerosol layers, and altitude
information. The optical properties of volcanic ash and ice
particles, derived from micro-physical properties, have
opposing spectral gradients between 700 to 960 cm−1 for
small particle sizes. Radiative transfer simulations that
account for single scattering showed that the opposing
spectral gradients directly transfer to infrared limb
spectra. Indeed, we found the characteristic spectral
signature, expected for volcanic ash, in measurements of the
Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding
(MIPAS) after the eruption of the Chilean volcano
Puyehue-Cordón Caulle in June 2011. From these measurements
we derived an ash detection threshold function. The
empirical ash detection threshold was confirmed by
simulations covering a wide range of atmospheric conditions,
particle sizes, and particle concentrations for ice,
volcanic ash, and sulfate aerosol. From the simulations we
derived the detectable effective radius range of 0.2 to 3.5
μm and the detectable extinction coefficient range of 5 ×
10−3 to 1 × 10−1 km−1. We also showed that this
method is only sensitive to volcanic ash particles, but not
to volcanic sulfate aerosol. This volcanic ash detection
method for infrared limb measurements is a fast and reliable
method and provides complementary information to existing
satellite aerosol products.},
cin = {JSC / IEK-7},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JSC-20090406 / I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-7-20101013},
pnm = {411 - Computational Science and Mathematical Methods
(POF2-411) / 234 - Composition and Dynamics of the Upper
Troposphere and Stratosphere (POF2-234)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF2-411 / G:(DE-HGF)POF2-234},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
doi = {10.5194/amtd-6-9939-2013},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/139374},
}