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Aerosol parameters are retrieved with the SYNAER [SYNergetic Aerosol Retrieval] method from a combination of simultaneous AATSR and SCIAMACHY measurements. The high spectral resolution of SCIAMACHY supplements ideally the high spatial resolution of AATSR. The SYNAER method offers the possibility of generating a 25-year-long aerosol record by consistently applying the same method across data from successive missions. Equivalent instruments to SCIAMACHY/AATSR (on ENVISAT) have been in orbit since 1995 (GOME/ATSR on ERS-2) and have been in orbit since 2006 (GOME-2/AVHRR) on the METOP satellite series, which is expected to provide data up to at least 2020.
Daily European maps of aerosol optical thickness and type are available on a near-real-time basis; global maps will be produced offline.
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Aerosol Speciation (SYNAER/ENVISAT) |
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For more details about the MACC aerosol record, please contact the MACC team.
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