21 February 2020 Aerosol retrieval study from multiangle polarimetric satellite data based on optimal estimation method
Fengxun Zheng, Zhengqiang Li, Weizhen Hou, Lili Qie, Chi Zhang
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Abstract

Based on the optimal estimation (OE) theory, an inversion framework for aerosol retrieval from multiviewing polarimetric satellite measurements, is presented. The retrieved parameters include the wavelength-independent volume concentration and spectral aerosol optical depth (AOD). An OE-iteration approach is proposed to implement the framework. Polarization data from the polarization and directionality of the Earth’s reflectance sensor over the Chinese Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region are selected to test the proposed algorithm. The validation against aerosol robotic network products produces high correlation coefficients (R) of 0.85, 0.9, and 0.86 for the fine-mode volume concentration, fine-mode AOD, and total AOD at 500 nm, respectively. These results indicate that the OE retrieval framework is practical and useful in the quantitative retrieval of AOD and fine-mode volume concentration from the multiangle polarization data.

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Fengxun Zheng, Zhengqiang Li, Weizhen Hou, Lili Qie, and Chi Zhang "Aerosol retrieval study from multiangle polarimetric satellite data based on optimal estimation method," Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 14(1), 014516 (21 February 2020). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JRS.14.014516
Received: 31 October 2019; Accepted: 30 January 2020; Published: 21 February 2020
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KEYWORDS
Aerosols

Atmospheric modeling

Satellites

Polarimetry

Polarization

Atmospheric particles

Reflectivity

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