Research scanning polarimeter and airborne usage for remote sensing of aerosols

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5158, Issue , 2003, Pages 33-44

  Cairns, Brian ^a   Russell, Edgar E ^b   LaVeigne, Joseph D ^b   Tennant, Philip M W ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b SpecTIR Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol characterization; Airborne remote sensing; Atmospheric correction; Hyperspectral imaging; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; BANDPASS FILTERS; DATA RECORDING; LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTODIODES; POLARIMETERS; RADIOMETRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

AEROSOL CHARACTERIZATION; AIRBORNE REMOTE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 1842532109     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.518320     Document Type: Conference Paper

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