%0 journal article %@ 0169-8095 %A Behnert, I., Matthias, V., Doerffer, R. %D 2007 %J Atmospheric Research %N 3 %P 201-220 %R doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.05.006 %T Aerosol climatology from ground-based measurements for the southern North Sea %U https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.05.006 3 %X Compared to the standard aerosol models differences in the Ångström wavelength exponent α440−870 , the single scattering albedo and the refractive index are detected. Based on these observations a new aerosol model for the atmospheric correction of coastal water reflectance spectra of the imaging spectrometer MERIS/ENVISAT was set up, which meets in particular the higher Ångström wavelength exponent of the coastal sites compared to standard maritime conditions.