Sensitivity of multi-angle photo-polarimetry to vertical layering and mixing of absorbing aerosols: Quantifying measurement uncertainties

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2149-2163

  Kalashnikova, Olga V ^a   Garay, Michael J ^a,b   Davis, Anthony B ^a   Diner, David J ^a   Martonchik, John V ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbing aerosols; Photo polarimetry; Vertical layering

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING AEROSOL; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL PROFILES; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; AEROSOL RADIATIVE FORCING; DUST AEROSOLS; FORMAL APPROACH; LAMBERTIAN SURFACES; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; MICROPHYSICAL PROPERTY; MULTI-ANGLE; PHOTO-POLARIMETRY; POLARIMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; POLARIZATION SIGNALS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; SMALL VARIATIONS; STOKES VECTOR; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; VERTICAL LAYERING;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; DUST; ELLIPSOMETRY; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TROPOSPHERE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VERTICAL MIXING;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 79960920482     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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