FMI-GOMOSaero dataset of aerosol extinction profiles

FMI-GOMOSaero is a multi-wavelength dataset of aerosol extinction profiles, which are retrieved from the averaged transmittance spectra by the Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars (GOMOS) instrument on board the Envisat satellite. For FMI-GOMOSaero retrievals from zonally and monthly averaged transmittances, the two-step retrieval method is used: the spectral inversion is followed by the vertical inversion. The spectral inversion relies on the removal of contributions from ozone, NO2, NO3 and Rayleigh scattering from the optical depth spectra, for each ray perigee altitude. In the vertical inversion, the profiles of aerosol extinction coefficients at several wavelengths are retrieved from the collection of horizontal aerosol optical depth profiles. The retrieved aerosol extinction profiles (FMI-GOMOSaero dataset v1) are provided in the altitude range 10-40 km at wavelengths 400, 440, 452, 470, 500, 525, 550, 672 and 750 nm, for the whole GOMOS operating period from August 2002 to December 2011. All data are collected in one netcdf-4 file.