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ALH can be retrieved from satellite-based radiance measurements within the oxygen absorption band between 760 and 770 nm (O2A band). The oxygen absorption is reduced when light is scattered by an elevated aerosol layer. The Ocean and Land Colour Imager (OLCI) has three bands within the oxygen absorption band. We show a congruent sensitivity study with respect to ALH for dust and smoke cases over oceans. Furthermore, we developed a retrieval of the ALH for those cases and an uncertainty estimation by applying linear uncertainty propagation and a bootstrap method. The sensitivity study and the uncertainty estimation are based on radiative transfer simulations. The impact of ALH, aerosol optical thickness (AOT), the surface roughness (wind speed) and the central wavelength on the top of atmosphere (TOA) radiance is discussed. The OLCI bands are sufficiently sensitive to ALH for cases with AOTs larger than 0.5 under the assumption of a known aerosol type. With an accurate spectral characterization of the OLCI O2A bands better than 0.1 nm, ALH can be retrieved with an uncertainty of a few hundred meters. The retrieval of ALH was applied successfully on an OLCI dust and smoke scene. The found ALH is similar to parallel measurements by the Tropospheric Monitoring Instrument (TROPOMI). OLCI\u2019s high spatial resolution and coverage allow a detailed overview of the vertical aerosol distribution over oceans.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15164080","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,21]],"date-time":"2023-08-21T01:46:56Z","timestamp":1692582416000},"page":"4080","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Estimation of Aerosol Layer Height from OLCI Measurements in the O2A-Absorption Band over Oceans"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Lena Katharina","family":"J\u00e4nicke","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (FUB), Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany"}]},{"given":"Rene","family":"Preusker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (FUB), Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany"}]},{"given":"Nicole","family":"Docter","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (FUB), Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany"}]},{"given":"J\u00fcrgen","family":"Fischer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Meteorology, Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin (FUB), Carl-Heinrich-Becker-Weg 6-10, 12165 Berlin, Germany"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Xu, X., Wang, J., Wang, Y., and Kokhanovsky, A. 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