Scattering from atmospheric aerosols causes blurring of satellite images. A study of this effect suggests that it might be possible to evaluate aerosol properties from these images. We consider an aerosol layer superimposed on a surface with a one-dimensional sinusoidal variation in reflectivity and with a half-plane reflectivity variation. A single scattering approximation is used to show that information about the aerosol layer height and optical depth can be extracted provided the variation in ground reflectivity is known.
Inferring aerosol layer properties from the spatial structure of satellite images / Leone, A.; Bulgarelli, B.; Gabella, Marco; Perona, Giovanni Emilio. - In: APPLIED OPTICS. - ISSN 0003-6935. - 37:18(1998), pp. 3769-3772. [10.1364/AO.37.003769]
Inferring aerosol layer properties from the spatial structure of satellite images
GABELLA, MARCO;PERONA, Giovanni Emilio
1998
Abstract
Scattering from atmospheric aerosols causes blurring of satellite images. A study of this effect suggests that it might be possible to evaluate aerosol properties from these images. We consider an aerosol layer superimposed on a surface with a one-dimensional sinusoidal variation in reflectivity and with a half-plane reflectivity variation. A single scattering approximation is used to show that information about the aerosol layer height and optical depth can be extracted provided the variation in ground reflectivity is known.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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