Aerosol Parameters Retrieval From TROPOMI/S5P Using Physics-Based Neural Networks

Abstract

In this article, we present three algorithms for aerosol parameters retrieval from TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument measurements in the $\text {O}_{2}$ A-band. These algorithms use neural networks 1) to emulate the radiative transfer model and a Bayesian approach to solve the inverse problem, 2) to learn the inverse model from the synthetic radiances, and 3) to learn the inverse model from the principal-component transform of synthetic radiances. The training process is based on full-physics radiative transfer simulations. The accuracy and efficiency of the neural network based retrieval algorithms are analyzed with synthetic and real data.

Keywords

• Aerosol information retrieval
• neural networks
• TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument/Sentinel-5 Precursor (TROPOMI/S5P)