Simulation of spectral effects of Asian dusts on the AIRS radiances and its application to retrieval of dust properties

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7857, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Han, Hyo Jin ^a   Sohn, Byung Ju ^a   Huang, Hung Lung ^b   Weisz, Elisabeth ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

AIRS; Asian dust; CALIPSO; hyperspectral sensor; RTTOV 9

Indexed keywords

AIRS RADIANCE; ASIAN DUST; CALIPSO; DUNHUANG; DUST EFFECT; DUST LAYER; HYPER-SPECTRAL IMAGES; HYPERSPECTRAL SENSORS; INFRARED WINDOWS; LEVEL 2; MINERAL DUST; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RTTOV-9; SIMULATED RADIANCES; SIMULATION PERFORMANCE; SPECTRAL EFFECTS; SPECTRAL RANGE; SURFACE EFFECT; SURFACE EMISSIVITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED INSTRUMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; SILICATE MINERALS;

DUST;

EID: 78650890314     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.869541     Document Type: Conference Paper

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