Title :
Aerosol optical thickness and scattering phase function retrieval from solar radiances recorded over water: a revised approach
Author :
Paronis, D.K. ; Hatzopoulos, J.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Environ. Studies, Aegean Univ., Mytilene, Greece
Abstract :
The possibility of deriving aerosol optical thickness and phase function values for certain scattering angles from solar radiances recorded over the oceans is examined. Radiative transfer simulations results for the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) instruments are presented. These results indicate that an iterative procedure should be used for the simultaneous determination of the two quantities
Keywords :
aerosols; air pollution measurement; atmospheric composition; atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; light scattering; remote sensing; AVHRR; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer; MODIS; Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer; aerosol; air pollution; iterative procedure; light scattering; light scattering phase function; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorology; optical remote sensing; optical thickness; optics; radiative transfer simulation; revised approach; scattering angle; simultaneous determination; solar radiance; Aerosols; High-resolution imaging; Image resolution; MODIS; Oceans; Optical imaging; Optical recording; Optical scattering; Radiometry; Spectroscopy;
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
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.1997.609143
