Variable aerosol phase functions and aerosol optical depths derived from AVHRR satellites

John N. Porter; Anthony D. Clarke

doi:10.1117/12.154863

15 September 1993 Variable aerosol phase functions and aerosol optical depths derived from AVHRR satellites

John N. Porter, Anthony D. Clarke

Proceedings Volume 1968, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing II; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154863
Event: Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1993, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In recent years aerosol optical depths have been estimated from AVHRR satellite images on a regular basis. One of the primary uncertainties of these methods is in the choice of the aerosol phase function. In this paper the possibility of using the ratio of AVHRR channel 1 and channel 2 to infer the value of the aerosol phase function is studied. For this purpose a large number of marine aerosol measurements are employed to study the response of NOAA AVHRR satellites for various aerosol cases.

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John N. Porter and Anthony D. Clarke "Variable aerosol phase functions and aerosol optical depths derived from AVHRR satellites", Proc. SPIE 1968, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing II, (15 September 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.154863

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