The aerosol optical thickness retrieval from GOME spectra

Author

Bartoloni, Antonio ; Mochi, Marina ; Serafini, Claudio ; Cervino, Marco ; Guzzi, Rodolfo ; Torricella, Francesca

Author_Institution

Nuova Telespazio S.p.A., Rome, Italy

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1908

Abstract

A prototype processor for the aerosol optical thickness retrieval and aerosol classification starting from GOME data has been developed. The aerosol classification is made choosing the minimum among the least squares residuals computed for different aerosol classes. For each pixel the output of processor gives the aerosol optical thickness, the aerosol classification, a relative retrieval residual and a flag that indicates if the pixel is cloudy. The results of some different GOME real data sets are shown

Keywords

aerosols; air pollution measurement; atmospheric composition; atmospheric optics; atmospheric spectra; atmospheric techniques; meteorology; remote sensing; 240 to 790 nm; ERS-2; GOME; UV spectra; aerosol; aerosol classification; aerosol optical thickness; air pollution; atmosphere; least squares residuals; measurement technique; optical remote sensing; optical thickness retrieval; satellite remote sensing; ultraviolet; visible region; visible spectra; Aerosols; High speed optical techniques; Information retrieval; Mie scattering; Optical scattering; Prototypes; Rayleigh scattering; Reflectivity; Scattering parameters; Sun;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.609136

Filename

609136