Title :
Water vapor retrieval over ocean using POLDER near-IR channels
Author :
Dubuisson, P. ; Dessailly, D. ; Roger, J.C. ; Frouin, R. ; Vesperini, M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. du Littoral Cote d´´Opale, Wimereux, France
Abstract :
A methodology for water vapor retrieval over ocean, using a differential absorption technique from near-IR channels, is presented. Over ocean, surface reflectance is close to zero and aerosol scattering is used to estimate water vapor contents, from an accurate radiative transfer code to account for optical thickness and scale height of aerosols. This method has been applied to POLDER data and comparisons with ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts) data are presented over the Straits of Gibraltar.
Keywords :
aerosols; atmospheric humidity; oceanographic techniques; seawater; ECMWF; European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts; Gibraltar; IR channels; POLDER; Straits; aerosol scattering; aerosols; differential absorption technique; ocean; radiative transfer code; surface reflectance; water vapor retrieval; Absorption; Aerosols; Oceans; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Particle scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Reflectivity; Sea surface; Weather forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7929-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294421