Harmonizing and advancing retrieval approaches for present and future polarimetric space-borne atmospheric missions (HARPOL)
Prime company: Netherlands Institute for Space Research (NWO-I) (NL)Atmospheric aerosol particles strongly influence climate by scattering and absorbing light (direct forcing) and by changing cloud properties (indirect forcing). The corresponding radiative forcing represents one of the most uncertain radiative forcing terms as reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). To improve our understanding of the effect of aerosols on climate and …