AirMSPI

Diner, D. J., Xu, F., Garay, M. J., Martonchik, J. V., Rheingans, B. E., Geier, S., Davis, A., Hancock, B. R., Jovanovic, V. M., Bull, M. A., Capraro, K., Chipman, R. A., and McClain, S. C., 2013: The Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI): a new tool for aerosol and cloud remote sensing. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 6 (8), 2007-2025.
 
Diner, D. J., Davis, A., Hancock, B., Geier, S., Rheingans, B., Jovanovic, V., Bull, M., Rider, D. M., Chipman, R. A., Mahler, A. B., and McClain, S.C., 2010: First results from a dual photoelastic-modulator-based polarimetric camera. Appl. Opt., 49 (15), 2929-2946.
 
Diner, D. J., Garay, M. J., Kalashnikova, O. V., Rheingans, B. E., Geier, S., Bull, M. A., Jovanovic, V. M., Xu, F., Bruegge, C. J., Davis, A., Crabtree, K., and Chipman, R.A., 2013: Airborne multiangle spectropolarimetric imager (AirMSPI) observations over California during NASA's polarimeter definition experiment (PODEX), Proc. SPIE, 8873, 88730B-88730B.
 
Diner, D. J., Xu, F., Martonchik, J. V., Rheingans, B. E., Geier, S., Jovanovic, V. M., Davis, A., Chipman, R. A., and McClain, S. C., 2012: Exploration of a Polarized Surface Bidirectional Reflectance Model Using the Ground-Based Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager. Atmosphere, 3 (4), 591-619.
 
Diner, D. J., Davis, A., Hancock, B., Gutt, G., Chipman, R. A., and Cairns, B., 2007: Dual-photoelastic-modulator-based polarimetric imaging concept for aerosol remote sensing. Appl. Opt., 46 (35), 8428-8445.
 
Kalashnikova, O. V., Garay, M. J., Davis, A. B., Diner, D. J., and Martonchik, J. V., 2011: Sensitivity of multi-angle photo-polarimetry to vertical layering and mixing of absorbing aerosols: Quantifying measurement uncertainties. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 112, 2149-2163.
 
Mahler, A.-B., Diner, D. J., and Chipman, R. A., 2011: Analysis of static and time-varying polarization errors in the multiangle spectropolarimetric imager. Appl. Opt., 50 (14), 2080--2087.
 
Xu, F., Dubovik, O., Zhai, P.-W., Diner, D. J., Kalashnikova, O. V., Seidel, F. C., Litvinov, P., Bovchaliuk, A., Garay, M. J., van Harten, G., and Davis, A. B.: Joint retrieval of aerosol and water-leaving radiance from multi-spectral, multi-angular and polarimetric measurements over ocean, Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss., doi:10.5194/amt-2015-394, in review, 2016.

PACS/HARP

 

RSP

Alexandrov, M.D., B. Cairns, C. Emde, A.S. Ackerman, M. Ottaviani, and A.P. Wasilewski, 2016: Derivation of cumulus cloud dimensions and shape from the airborne measurements by the Research Scanning Polarimeter. Remote Sens. Environ., 177, 144-152, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2016.02.032.

Alexandrov, M.D., B. Cairns, A.P. Wasilewski, A.S. Ackerman, M.J. McGill, J.E. Yorks, J.E. Hlavka, S.E. Platnick, G.T. Arnold, B. van Diedenhoven, J. Chowdhary, M. Ottaviani, and K.D. Knobelspiesse, 2015: Liquid water cloud properties during the Polarimeter Definition Experiment (PODEX). Remote Sens. Environ., 169, 20-36, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.07.029.

Alexandrov, M. D., Cairns, B., and Mishchenko, M. I., 2012: Rainbow fourier transform. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 113 (18), 2521-2535.

Alexandrov, M. D., Cairns, B., Emde, C., Ackerman, A. S., and van Diedenhoven, B., 2012: Accuracy assessments of cloud droplet size retrievals from polarized reflectance measurements by the research scanning polarimeter. Remote Sensing of Environment, 125 (0), 92 - 111.

Cairns, B., Waquet, F., Knobelspiesse, K, Chowdhary, J., and Deuzé, J.-L., 2009: Polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols over land surfaces. In Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing over Land. A.A. Kokhanovsky, and G. De Leeuw, Eds., Springer-Praxis Books in Environmental Sciences. Springer, 295-325, doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69397-0_10.

Cairns, B., J.D. LaVeigne, A. Rael, and R.D. Granneman, 2004: Atmospheric correction of HyperSpecTIR measurements using the research scanning polarimeter. In Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing VI, 12 Apr. 2004, Orlando, Fla., Proc. SPIE, vol. 5432, 95, doi:10.1117/12.542194.

Cairns, B., E.E. Russell, J.D. LaVeigne, and P.M.W. Tennant, 2003: Research scanning polarimeter and airborne usage for remote sensing of aerosols. In Polarization Science and Remote Sensing, 3 Aug. 2003, San Diego, Cal., Proc. SPIE, vol. 5158, 33, doi:10.1117/12.518320.

Cairns, B., E.E. Russell, and L.D. Travis, 1999: Research Scanning Polarimeter: Calibration and ground-based measurements. In Polarization: Measurement, Analysis, and Remote Sensing II, 18 Jul. 1999, Denver, Col., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3754, 186, doi:10.1117/12.366329.

Chowdhary, J., Cairns, B., Waquet, F., Knobelspiesse, K., Ottaviani, M., Redemann, J., Travis, L., and Mishchenko, M., 2012:Sensitivity of multiangle, multispectral polarimetric remote sensing over open oceans to water-leaving radiance: Analyses of RSP data acquired during the MILAGRO campaign. Remote Sensing of Environment, 118, 284--308.

Chowdhary, J., Cairns, B., and Travis, L. D., 2006: Contribution of water-leaving radiances to multiangle, multispectral polarimetric observations over the open ocean: bio-optical model results for case 1 waters. Appl. Opt., 45 (22), 5542--5567.

Chowdhary, J., Cairns, B., Mishchenko, M. I., Hobbs, P. V., Cota, G. F., Redemann, J., Rutledge, K., Holben, B. N., and Russell, E., 2005: Retrieval of Aerosol Scattering and Absorption Properties from Photopolarimetric Observations over the Ocean during the CLAMS Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1093-1117.

Chowdhary, J., Cairns, B., Mishchenko, M. I., and Travis, L. D., 2005: Using multi-angle multispectral photo-polarimetry of the NASA Glory mission to constrain optical properties of aerosols and clouds: results from four field experiments. Proceedings of SPIE, 5978 (59780G), 1-12.

Chowdhary, J., B. Cairns, M.I. Mishchenko, and L.D. Travis, 2004: Constraining aerosol single scattering albedos from multiangle multispectral photo-polarimetric observations over the ocean. In Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere IX, 13 Sep. 2004, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain, Proc. SPIE, vol. 5571, 127, doi:10.1117/12.565705.

Chowdhary, J., Cairns, B., and Travis, L., 2002: Case Studies of Aerosol Retrievals over the Ocean from Multiangle, Multispectral Photopolarimetric Remote Sensing Data. J. Atmos. Sci., 59 (3), 383--397.

Chowdhary, J., Cairns, B., Mishchenko, M., and Travis, L., 2001: Retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using multispectral and multiangle photopolarimetric measurements from the Research Scanning Polarimeter. Geophys. Res. Lett., 28 (2), 243-246.

van Diedenhoven, B., Cairns, B., Fridlind, A. M., Ackerman, A. S., and Garrett, T. J., 2013: Remote sensing of ice crystal asymmetry parameter using multi-directional polarization measurements - Part 2: Application to the Research Scanning Polarimeter. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13 (6), 3185--3203.

van Diedenhoven, B., Cairns, B., Geogdzhayev, I. V., Fridlind, A. M., Ackerman, A. S., Yang, P., and Baum, B. A., 2012: Remote sensing of ice crystal asymmetry parameter using multi-directional polarization measurements - Part 1: Methodology and evaluation with simulated measurements. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 5 (10), 2361--2374.

Knobelspiesse, K., Cairns, B., Redemann, J., Bergstrom, R. W., and Stohl, A., 2011: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and cloud properties during the MILAGRO field campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 6245-6263.

Knobelspiesse, K., Cairns, B., Ottaviani, M., Ferrare, R., Hair, J., Hostetler, C., Obland, M., Rogers, R., Redemann, J., Shinozuka, Y., Clarke, A., Freitag, S., Howell, S., Kapustin, V., and McNaughton, C., 2011: Combined retrievals of boreal forest fire aerosol properties with a polarimeter and lidar. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 7045--7067.

Litvinov, P., Hasekamp, O., Cairns, B., and Mishchenko, M., 2010: Reflection models for soil and vegetation surfaces from multiple-viewing angle photopolarimetric measurements. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 111, 529-539.

McCorkel, J., B. Cairns, and A. Wasilewski, 2016: Imager-to-radiometer inflight cross calibration: RSP radiometric comparison with airborne and satellite sensors. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 9, 955-962, doi:10.5194/amt-9-955-2016.

Mishchenko, M. I., Cairns, B., Kopp, G., Schueler, C., Fafaul, B., Hansen, J., Hooker, R., Itchkawich, T., Maring, H., and Travis, L., 2007: Accurate monitoring of terrestrial aerosols and total solar irradiance: introducing the Glory mission. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc, 88, 687-691.

Ottaviani, M., B. van Diedenhoven, and B. Cairns, 2015: Photopolarimetric retrievals of snow properties. Cryosphere, 9, 1933-1942, doi:10.5194/tc-9-1933-2015.

Ottaviani, M., Cairns, B., Chowdhary, J., Van Diedenhoven, B., Knobelspiesse, K., Hostetler, C., Ferrare, R., Burton, S., Hair, J., Obland, M. D., and Rogers, R., 2012: Polarimetric retrievals of surface and cirrus clouds properties in the region affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Remote Sens. Environ., 121, 389--403.

Peralta, R. J., Nardell, C., Cairns, B., Russell, E. E., Travis, L. D., Mishchenko, M. I., Fafaul, B. A., and Hooker, R. J., 2007:Aerosol polarimetry sensor for the Glory Mission. In MIPPR 2007: Automatic Target Recognition and Image Analysis; and Multispectral Image Acquisition", 15 Nov. 2007, Wuhan, China, Proc. SPIE, vol. 6786, 67865L, doi:10.1117/12.783307.

Persh, S., Shaham, Y., Benami, O., Cairns, B., Mishchenko, M. I., Hein, J. D., and Fafaul, B. A., 2010: Ground Performance Measurements of the Glory Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor. In Earth Observing Systems XV, 1 Aug. 1, 2010, San Diego, Cal., Proc. SPIE, vol. 7807, 780703, doi:10.1117/12.862029.

Waquet, F., B. Cairns, K. Knobelspiesse, J. Chowdhary, L.D. Travis, B. Schmid, and M.I. Mishchenko, 2009: Polarimetric remote sensing of aerosols over land. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D01206, doi:10.1029/2008JD010619.

Wu, L., O. Hasekamp, B. van Diedenhoven, and B. Cairns, 2015: Aerosol retrieval from multiangle, multispectral photopolarimetric measurements: Importance of spectral range and angular resolution. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2625-2638, doi:10.5194/amt-8-2625-2015.

Van Diedenhoven, B., A.S. Ackerman, A.M. Fridlind, and B. Cairns, 2016: On averaging aspect ratios and distortion parameters over ice crystal population ensembles for estimating effective scattering properties. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, no. 2, 775-787, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-15-0150.1.
More RSP and APS publications here

SPEX

van Harten, G., de Boer, J., Rietjens, J.H.H., Di Noia, A., Snik, F., Volten, H., Smit, J.M., Hasekamp, O.P., Henzing, J.S. and Keller, C.U., 2014: Atmospheric aerosol characterization with a ground-based SPEX spectropolarimetric instrument. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques,7(12), pp.4341-4351.
 
van Harten, G., Snik, F., Rietjens, J.H., Smit, J.M., de Boer, J., Diamantopoulou, R., Hasekamp, O.P., Stam, D.M., Keller, C.U., Laan, E.C. and Verlaan, A.L., 2011: Prototyping for the Spectropolarimeter for Planetary EXploration (SPEX): calibration and sky measurements. In SPIE Optical Engineering+ Applications (pp. 81600Z-81600Z). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
 
Rietjens, J.H., Smit, M., van Harten, G., Di Noia, A., Hasekamp, O.P., de Boer, J., Volten, H., Snik, F. and Keller, C.U., 2015: Accurate spectrally modulating polarimeters for atmospheric aerosol characterization. In SPIE Optical Engineering+ Applications (pp. 96130S-96130S). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
 
Rietjens, J.H.H., Smit, J.M., di Noia, A., Hasekamp, O.P., van Harten, G., Snik, F. and Keller, C.U., 2014: SPEX: a highly accurate spectropolarimeter for atmospheric aerosol characterization. InInternational Conference on Space Optics (Vol. 7, p. 10).

Retrieval Algorithm (papers not listed above)

Box, M. A., 2002: Radiative perturbation theory: a review. Environmental Modelling & Software, 17 (1), 95--106. 

Box, M. A. and Deepak, A., 1979: Retrieval of aerosol size distributions by inversion of simulated aureole data in the presence of multiple scattering. Applied Optics, 18 (9), 1376--1382. 

Breon, F. M. and Deschamps, P.-Y., 1993: Optical and physical parameter retrieval from POLDER measurements over the ocean using an analytical model. Remote Sens. Environ., 43 (2), 193-207. 

Breon, F. M. and Goloub, P., 1998: Cloud droplet effective radius from spaceborne polarization measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25 (11), 1879--1882. 

Breon, F., 1993: An analytical model for the cloud-free atmosphere/ocean system reflectance. Remote sensing of environment, 43 (2), 179--192. 

Cairns, B. and Chowdhary, J., 2003: Aerosol and Cloud Environmental Data Records: Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor Algorithm Theoretic Basis Document. 

Chowdhary, J., Cairns, B., Mishchenko, M. I., Hobbs, P. V., Cota, G. F., Redemann, J., Rutledge, K., Holben, B. N., and Russell, E., 2005: Retrieval of Aerosol Scattering and Absorption Properties from Photopolarimetric Observations over the Ocean during the CLAMS Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 1093-1117.

Curier, L., de Leeuw, G., Kolmonen, P., Sundstrom, A.-M., Sogacheva, L., and Bennouna, Y., 2009: Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing over Land (chapter Aerosol retrieval over land using the (A)ATSR dual-view algorithm). 

Curier, R., Veefkind, J., Braak, R., Veihelmann, B., Torres, O., and de Leeuw, G., 2008: Retrieval of aerosol optical properties from OMI radiances using a multiwavelength algorithm: Application to western Europe. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres, 113 (D17), D17S90. 

De Haan, J., Bosma, P., and Hovenier, J., 1987: The adding method for multiple scattering calculations of polarized light. Astron. Astrophys., 183 , 371--391. 

Deuze, J. L., Goloub, P., Herman, M., Marchand, A., Perry, G., Susana, S., and Tanré, D., 2000: Estimate of the aerosol properties over the ocean with POLDER. J. Geophys. Res., 105 (D12), 15329-15346. 

Diner, D. J., Hodos, R. A., Davis, A. B., Garay, M. J., Martonchik, J. V., Sanghavi, S. V., von Allmen, P., Kokhanovsky, A. A., and Zhai, P., 2011: An optimization approach for aerosol retrievals using simulated MISR radiances. Atmospheric Research. 

Diner, D., Abdou, W., Bruegge, C., Conel, J., Crean, K., Gaitley, B., Helmlinger, M., Kahn, R., Martonchik, J., Pilorz, S., and Holben, B. N., 2001: MISR aerosol optical depth retrievals over southern Africa during the SAFARI-2000 Dry Season Campaign. Geophysical Research Letters, 28 (16), 3127--3130. 

Dubovik, O. and King, M. D., 2000: A flexible inversion algorithm for retrieval of aerosol optical properties from Sun and sky radiance measurements. J. Geophys. Res, 105 , 20 673-20 696. 

Dubovik, O., Smirnov, A., Holben, B., King, M., Kaufman, Y., Eck, T., and Slutsker, I., 2000: Accuracy assessments of aerosol optical properties retrieved from AERONET sun and sky-radiance measurements. J. Geophys. Res, 105 (D8), 9791--9806. 

Dubovik, O., Herman, M., Holdak, A., Lapyonok, T., Tanr'e, D., Deuz'e, J. L., Ducos, F., Sinyuk, A., and Lopatin, A., 2011: Statistically optimized inversion algorithm for enhanced retrieval of aerosol properties from spectral multi-angle polarimetric satellite observations. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4 (5), 975--1018. 

Emde, C., Buras, R., and Mayer, B., 2011: ALIS: An efficient method to compute high spectral resolution polarized solar radiances using the Monte Carlo approach. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 

Emde, C., Buras, R., Mayer, B., and Blumthaler, M., 2010: The impact of aerosols on polarized sky radiance: model development, validation, and applications. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 10 (2), 383--396. 

Gatebe, C., Dubovik, O., King, M., and Sinyuk, A., 2009: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface optical properties from combined airborne-and ground-based direct and diffuse radiometric measurements. Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics Discussions, 9 , 26491--26538. 

Gatebe, C., Dubovik, O., King, M., and Sinyuk, A., 2010: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and surface optical properties from combined airborne-and ground-based direct and diffuse radiometric measurements. Atmos. Chem. Phys, 10 , 2777-2794. 

Goloub, P., Tanre, D., Deuze, J. L., Herman, M., Marchand, A., and Breon, F.-M., 1999: Validation of the first algorithm applied for deriving the aerosolproperties over the ocean using the POLDER/ADEOS measurements. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 37 (3), 1586-1596. 

de Haan, J., Bosma, P., and Hovenier, J., 1987: The adding method for multiple scattering calculations of polarized light. Astron. Astrophys., 183 (2), 371--391. 

Hansen, J. E. and Travis, L. D., 1974: Light scattering in planetary atmospheres. Space Science Reviews, 16 , 527-610. 

Hasekamp, O. P., 2010: Capability of multi-viewing-angle photo-polarimetric measurements for the simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and cloud properties. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 3 (4), 839--851. 

Hasekamp, O. P., Litvinov, P., and Butz, A., 2011: Aerosol properties over the ocean from PARASOL multiangle photopolarimetric measurements. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116 (D14), D14204. 

Hasekamp, O. P. and Butz, A., 2008: Efficient calculation of intensity and polarization spectra in vertically inhomogeneous scattering and absorbing atmospheres. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres, 113 (D20), D20309. 

Hasekamp, O. P. and Landgraf, J., 2007: Retrieval of aerosol properties over land surfaces: capabilities of multiple-viewing-angle intensity and polarization measurements. Appl. Opt., 46 (16), 3332--3344. 

Hasekamp, O. P. and Landgraf, J., 2005: Retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean from multispectral single-viewing-angle measurements of intensity and polarization: Retrieval approach, information content, and sensitivity study. J. Geophys. Res, 110 , D20207. 

Herman, M., Deuzé, J. L., Marchand, A., Roger, B., and Lallart, P., 2005: Aerosol remote sensing from POLDER/ADEOS over the ocean: Improved retrieval using a nonspherical particle model. Journal of geophysical research, 110 (D10), D10S02. 

Holben, B. N., Kaufman, Y. J., Eck, T. F., Slutsker, I., Tanre, D., Buis, J. P., Setzer, A., Vermote, E., and Reagan, J., 1998: AERONET - A Federated Instrument Network and Data Archive for Aerosol Characterization. Remote Sens. Environ., 66 , 1-16. 

Kahn, R., Banerjee, P., and McDonald, D., 2001: Sensitivity of multiangle imaging to natural mixtures of aerosols over ocean. J. Geophys. Res., 106 (D16), 18,219--18,238. 

Kassianov, E., Ovchinnikov, M., Berg, L. K., McFarlane, S. A., Flynn, C., Ferrare, R., Hostetler, C., and Alexandrov, M., 2010: Retrieval of aerosol optical depth in vicinity of broken clouds from reflectance ratios: case study. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 3 (5), 1333--1349. 

Kassianov, E., Ovchinnikov, M., Berg, L. K., McFarlane, S. A., and Flynn, C., 2009: Retrieval of aerosol optical depth in vicinity of broken clouds from reflectance ratios: Sensitivity study. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 110 (14-16), 1677--1689. 

Knobelspiesse, K., B. Cairns, M. Mishchenko, J. Chowdhary, K. Tsigaridis, B. van Diedenhoven, W. Martin, M. Ottaviani, and M. Alexandrov, 2012: Analysis of fine-mode aerosol retrieval capabilities by different passive remote sensing instrument designs. Opt. Express, 20, 21457-21484, doi:10.1364/OE.20.021457.

Knobelspiesse, K., Cairns, B., Redemann, J., Bergstrom, R. W., and Stohl, A., 2011: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosol and cloud properties during the MILAGRO field campaign. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 6245-6263.

Knobelspiesse, K., Cairns, B., Ottaviani, M., Ferrare, R., Hair, J., Hostetler, C., Obland, M., Rogers, R., Redemann, J., Shinozuka, Y., Clarke, A., Freitag, S., Howell, S., Kapustin, V., and McNaughton, C., 2011: Combined retrievals of boreal forest fire aerosol properties with a polarimeter and lidar. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 11, 7045--7067.

Kokhanovsky, A., Breon, F. M., Cacciari, A., Carboni, E., Diner, D., Di Nicolantonio, W., Grainger, R., Grey, W., H"oller, R., Lee, K. H., and others, 2007: Aerosol remote sensing over land: a comparison of satellite retrievals using different algorithms and instruments. Atmos. Res., 85 (3-4), 372--394. 

Kokhanovsky, A., Deuzé, J., Diner, D., Dubovik, O., Ducos, F., Emde, C., Garay, M., Grainger, R., Heckel, A., Herman, M., Katsev, I., Keller, J., Levy, R., North, P., Prikhach, A., Rozanov, V., Sayer, A., Ota, Y., Tanre, D., Thomas, G., and Zege, E., 2010: The inter-comparison of major satellite aerosol retrieval algorithms using simulated intensity and polarization characteristics of reflected light. Atmos. Meas. Tech, 3 (4), 909--932. 

Li, Z., Goloub, P., Devaux, C., Gu, X., Deuze, J.-L., Qiao, Y., and Zhao, F., 2006: Retrieval of aerosol optical and physical properties from ground-based spectral, multi-angular, and polarized sun-photometer measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 101 (4), 519 - 533. 

Li, Z., Goloub, P., Devaux, C., Gu, X., Qiao, Y., Zhao, F., and Chen, H., 2004: Aerosol polarized phase function and single-scattering albedo retrieved from ground-based measurements. Atmos. Res., 71 , 233--241. 

Li, Z., Goloub, P., Blarel, L., Damiri, B., Podvin, T., and Jankowiak, I., 2007: Dust optical properties retrieved from ground-based polarimetric measurements. Appl. Opt., 46 (9), 1548--1553. 

Li, Z., Goloub, P., Dubovik, O., Blarel, L., Zhang, W., Podvin, T., Sinyuk, A., Sorokin, M., Chen, H., Holben, B., Tanré, D., Canini, M., and Buis, J.-P., 2009: Improvements for ground-based remote sensing of atmospheric aerosol properties by additional polarimetric measurements. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 110 (17), 1954 - 1961. 

Lopatin, A., Dubovik, O., Chaikovsky, A., Goloub, P., Lapyonok, T., Tanr'e, D., and Litvinov, P., 2013: Enhancement of aerosol characterization using synergy of lidar and sun-photometer coincident observations: the GARRLiC algorithm. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 6 (8), 2065--2088. 

Martonchik, J. V., Diner, D. J., Crean, K. A., and Bull, M. A., 2002: Regional Aerosol Retrieval Results From MISR. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 40 (7), 1520-1532. 

Martonchik, J. V., Kahn, R. A., and Diner, D. J., 2009: Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing over Land (chapter Retrieval of aerosol properties over land using MISR observations). Satellite Aerosol Remote Sensing Over Land, 267--293. 

Martonchik, J. V., Diner, D. J., Kahn, R. A., Ackerman, T. P., Verstraete, M. M., Pinty, B., and Gordon, H. R., 1998: Techniques for the retrieval of aerosol properties over land and ocean using multiangle imaging. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on, 36 (4), 1212--1227. 

Mishchenko, M. I. and Travis, L. D., 1997: Satellite retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using polarization as well as intensity of reflected sunlight. J. Geophys. Res., 102 (D14), 16989-17014. 

Ottaviani, M., Knobelspiesse, K., Cairns, B., and Mishchenko, M., 2013: Information content of aerosol retrievals in the sunglint region. Geophysical Research Letters, 40 , 631--634. 

Parol, F., Buriez, J.-C., Vanbauce, C., Couvert, P., Seze, G., Goloub, P., and Cheinet, S., 1999: First results of the POLDER ldquo;Earth Radiation Budget and Clouds rdquo; operational algorithm. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on, 37 (3), 1597-1612. 

Rodgers, C. D., 2000: Inverse Methods for Atmospheric Sounding: Theory and Practice. 

Spurr, R., Stamnes, K., Eide, H., Li, W., Zhang, K., and Stamnes, J., 2007: Simultaneous retrieval of aerosols and ocean properties: A classic inverse modeling approach. I. Analytic Jacobians from the linearized CAO-DISORT model. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 104 (3), 428--449. 

Stamnes, K., Tsay, S., Wiscombe, W., Jayaweera, K., and others, 1988: Numerically stable algorithm for discrete-ordinate-method radiative transfer in multiple scattering and emitting layered media. Applied Optics, 27 (12), 2502--2509. 

Tanr'e, D., Br'eon, F. M., Deuz'e, J. L., Dubovik, O., Ducos, F., Francois, P., Goloub, P., Herman, M., Lifermann, A., and Waquet, F., 2011: Remote sensing of aerosols by using polarized, directional and spectral measurements within the A-Train: the PARASOL mission. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 4 (7), 1383--1395. 

Taylor, T. E., L'Ecuyer, T. S., Slusser, J. R., Stephens, G. L., and Goering, C. D., 2008: An operational retrieval algorithm for determining aerosol optical properties in the ultraviolet. J. Geophys. Res, 113 , D03201. 

Vermeulen, A., Devaux, C., and Herman, M., 2000: Retrieval of the scattering and microphysical properties of aerosols from ground-based optical measurements including polarization. I. Method. Appl. Opt., 39 (33), 6207-6220. 

Wang, Y., Fan, S., Feng, X., Yan, G., and Guan, Y., 2006: Regularized inversion method for retrieval of aerosol particle size distribution function in W1,2 space. Appl. Opt., 45 , 7456-7467. 

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