Dependence of the spectral aerosol optical thickness retrieval from space on measurement errors and model assumptions

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2002, Pages 3835-3851

  Masuda, K ^a   Ishimoto, H ^a   Takashima, T ^a,b  

^a METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ERRORS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

OPTICAL THICKNESS;

REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PARTICLE; ERROR ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLARIZATION; RADIANCE; SATELLITE DATA; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037144551     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160110109561     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. The parameters of atmospheric turbidity
2. Light scattering by randomly oriented spheroidal particles
3. Characteristics of skylight at the zenith during twilight as indicators of atmospheric turbidity. 1: Degree of polarization
4. Effects of the El Chichon volcanic cloud in the stratosphere on the polarization of light from the sky
5. Statistics of the sea surface derived from sun glitter
6. The POLDER mission: Instrument characteristics and scientific objectives
7. Photopolarimetric observations of aerosols and clouds from balloon
8. Calibration of space-multispectral imaging sensors: A review
9. Algorithm for atmospheric and glint corrections of satellite measurements of ocean pigment
10. Validation of the first algorithm applied for deriving the aerosol properties over the ocean using POLDER/ADEOS measurements
11. Remote sensing of aerosols over land surfaces including polarization measurements and application to POLDER measurements
12. Development of a two-channel aerosol retrieval algorithm on a global scale using NOAA AVHRR
13. Passive remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol and atmospheric correction for the aerosol effect
14. Multiple scattering analysis of airborne POLDER image data over the sea
15. Turbidity of the atmosphere determined from satellite: Calculation of optimum viewing geometry
16. Retrieval of atmospheric properties and surface bidirectional reflectances over land from POLDER/ADEOS
17. Effects of the speed and direction of surface winds on the radiation in the atmosphere-ocean system
18. Use of polarimetric measurements of the sky over the ocean for spectral optical thickness retrievals
19. Dependence of the radiation just above and below the ocean surface on atmospheric and oceanic parameters
20. Retrieval of aerosol optical properties over the ocean using multispectral polarization measurements from space
21. Comparison of the optical thickness and E̊Angström exponent of the aerosols over the ocean retrieved from direct solar radiation and polarization measurements by POLDER on board ADEOS satellite
22. Light scattering by polydisperse, rotationally symmetric nonspherical particles: Linear polarization
23. Satellite retrieval of aerosol properties over the ocean using polarization as well as intensity of reflected sunlight
24. Modeling phase functions for dustlike tropospheric aerosols using a shape mixture of randomly oriented polydisperse spheroids
25. Long-term daily monitoring of Saharan dust load over ocean using Meteosat ISCCP-B2 data 1. Methodology and preliminary results for 1983-1994 in the Mediterranean
26. Retrieval algorithm for atmospheric aerosols based on multi-angle viewing of ADEOS/POLDER
27. A use of two-channel radiances for an aerosol characterization from space
28. Measurements and interpretation of the polarization of radiation emerging from the atmosphere at an altitude of 28km over south-western New Mexico (USA)
29. Polarization of the solar light scattered by the earth-atmosphere system as observed from the U.S. shuttle
30. Calibration and validation of the ocean color version-3 product from ADEOS OCTS
31. Development, validation, and potential enhancements to the second-generation operational aerosol product at the National environmental satellite, data, and information service of the national oceanic and atmospheric administration
32. Polarimetric investigation of the atmospheric aerosols over the Pacific ocean
33. Remote sensing of aerosol properties over oceans using the MODIS/EOS spectral radiances
34. EOSP earth observation scanning polarimeter
35. Measurement of aerosol optical depth in the Pacific Ocean and the North Atlantic
36. Retrieval of elements of the columnar aerosol scattering phase matrix from polarized sky radiance over the ocean: Simulations
37. Simultaneous determination of the aerosol complex index of refraction and size distribution from scattering measurements of polarized light