The Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Thickness Using the MERIS Instrument

Linlu Mei1, Vladimir V. Rozanov2, Marco Vountas3, John Philip Burrows FRS4, Robert C Levy5 and Wolfhardt Lotz2, (1)RADI Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (2)University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, (3)University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics, Bremen, Germany, (4)University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics (IUP), Bremen, Germany, (5)NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, United States