Ground-based full-sky imaging polarimetry of rapidly changing skies and its use for polarimetric cloud detection

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 543-559

  Horváth, Gábor ^a   Barta, András ^a   Gál, Jòzsef ^a   Suhai, Bence ^a   Haiman, Ottò ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CAMERA LENSES; CLOUDS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POLARIMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

IMAGING POLARIMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0037137797     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.000543     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. J. A. North and M. J. Duggin, “Stokes vector imaging of the polarized sky-dome, ” Appl. Opt. 36, 723-730 (1997).
2. K. J. Voss and Y. Liu, “Polarized radiance distribution measurements of skylight. I. System description and characterization, ” Appl. Opt. 36, 6083-6094 (1997).
3. Y. Liu and K. J. Voss, “Polarized radiance distribution measurements of skylight. II. Experiment and data, ” Appl. Opt. 36, 8753-8764 (1997).
4. J. Gill, G. Horvath, and V. B. Meyer-Rochow, “Measurement of the reflection-polarization pattern of the flat water surface under a clear sky at sunset, ” Remote Sens. Environ. 76, 103-111 (2001).
5. J. Gal, G. Horvath, V. B. Meyer-Rochow, and R. Wehner, “Polarization patterns of the summer sky and its neutral points measured by full-sky imaging polarimetry in Finnish Lapland north of the Arctic Circle, ” Proc. R. Soc. Lond. Ser. A 457, 1385-1399 (2001).
6. J. Giil, G. Horvath, A. Barta, and R. Wehner, “Polarization of the moonlit clear night sky measured by full-sky imaging po-larimetry at full moon: comparison of the polarization of moonlit and sunlit skies, ” J. Geophys. Res. D 106, 22647-22653 (2001).
7. I. Pomozi, J. Gal, G. Horvath, and R. Wehner, “Fine structure of the celestial polarization pattern and its temporal change during the total solar eclipse of 11 August 1999, ” Remote Sens. Environ. 76, 181-201 (2001).
8. I. Pomozi, G. Horvath, and R. Wehner, “How the clear-sky angle of polarization pattern continues underneath clouds: full-sky measurements and implications for animal orientation, ” J. Exp. Biol. 204, 2933-2942 (2001).
9. Description of the TSI-880 Total Sky Imager, Yankee Environmental Systems, Inc., Airport Industrial Park, 101 Industrial Blvd., Turners Falls, Mass. 01376; http://www.yesinc.com; e-mail, info@yesinc.com.
10. R. W. Saunders, “An automated scheme for the removal of cloud contamination from AVHRR radiances over western Europe, ” Int. J. Remote Sens. 7, 867-886 (1986).
11. R. W. Saunders and K. T. Kriebel, “An improved method for detecting clear sky and cloudy radiances from AVHRR data, ” Int. J. Remote Sens. 9, 123-150 (1988).
12. M. Derrien, B. Farki, L. Harang, H. LeGleau, A. Noyalet, D. Pochic, and A. Sairouni, “Automatic cloud detection applied to NOAA-11/AVHRR imagery, ” Remote Sens. Environ. 46, 246-267 (1993).
13. HNP’B, Polaroid Europe Ltd., London, England, http://www. polaroid.com.
14. G. P. Können, Polarized Light in Nature (Cambridge U. Press, Cambridge, 1985).
15. K. L. Coulson, Polarization and Intensity of Light in the Atmosphere (A. Deepak, Hampton, Va., 1988).
16. N. Shashar, T. W. Cronin, G. Johnson and L. B. Wolff, “Designs for submersible imaging polarimeters, ” Ultraviolet Radiation and Coral Reefs, D. Gulko and P. L. Jokiel, eds., HIMB Tech. Report 41, 213-218 (1996).
17. F. Mizera, B. Bernath, G. Kriska, and G. Horvath, “Stereo videopolarimetry: measuring and visualizing polarization patterns in three dimensions, ” J. Imaging Sci. Technol. 45, 393-399 (2001).
18. P. Goloub, J. L. Deuze, M. Herman, and Y. Fouquart, “Analysis of the POLDER polarization measurements performed over cloud covers, ” IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 32, 78-88 (1994).