DocumentCode
2102176
Title
Space observations and atmospheric aerosols: noise or signal?
Author
Box, Michael A.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Phys., New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Volume
2
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
591
Abstract
Atmospheric aerosols affect the flow of solar radiation through the Earth´s atmosphere, and thus blur satellite images of the Earth´s surface: that is, they are a source of noise. Thus, we should seek to somehow remove their effects from such images. However, aerosols are also an important player in the Earth´s climate, and we should attempt to extract valuable information on them from satellite (and other) observations: here they are the signal. How can we address this dual problems?
Keywords
aerosols; atmospheric composition; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; geophysical techniques; remote sensing; terrain mapping; aerosol; atmosphere; geophysical measurement technique; land surface; optical imaging; optics; satellite image; satellite remote sensing; terrain mapping; Aerosols; Atmosphere; Clouds; Monitoring; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Planets; Satellites; Solar radiation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International
Conference_Location
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7031-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2001.976558
Filename
976558
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