Otto Hasekamp
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About
Otto Hasekamp is a leading atmospheric scientist whose research centers on the remote sensing of aerosols — tiny airborne particles with profound effects on climate, air quality, and human health. Based at SRON – the Netherlands Institute for Space Research, Hasekamp has made transformative contributions to the retrieval of aerosol microphysical and optical properties from satellite-based polarimetric measurements, pioneering algorithms that exploit both intensity and polarization of reflected sunlight across multiple viewing angles and wavelengths. His landmark 2011 study on PARASOL multiangle photopolarimetric measurements (262 citations) established a new standard for continuous-parameter aerosol retrievals over ocean, while his 2014 work on aerosol classification (169 citations) provided the community with robust frameworks for identifying aerosol types such as dust, biomass burning, and maritime particles. Hasekamp has also advanced understanding of aerosol single-scattering albedo at global scales and played a central role in the NASA-SRON ACEPOL airborne campaign, helping lay the scientific groundwork for NASA's PACE mission. His contributions to data assimilation further bridge satellite observations with global aerosol modeling. With over 800 combined citations across his most influential papers, Hasekamp's work continues to shape how scientists characterize aerosols from space.
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- 10Algorithm evaluation for polarimetric remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols31 citations · 2024