Title
Retrieval of aerosol optical properties from multi-angle satellite imagery
Abstract
The authors have been investigating a novel method for retrieving atmospheric aerosol optical properties over land. The described method makes use of the presence of spatial contrasts, within the imagery, and compares the spatial Fourier transforms of the multiangle images at zero and nonzero spatial frequencies. An initial guess for the aerosol properties is made and the Fourier components of the surface reflectance distribution are retrieved at zero and nonzero frequencies. A comparison of the angular shape of the retrieved functions is then used to establish whether the initial guess for the aerosol parameters was correct. Other than the need to define a relationship between the angular variation of the Fourier transform of the intrinsic surface angular reflectance at the zero and nonzero frequencies, the method assumes no prior knowledge about the aerosols or surface characteristics. The authors discuss sensitivities to various aerosol properties
Year
DOI
Venue
1992
10.1109/36.134073
Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
Field
DocType
aerosols,atmospheric optics,atmospheric techniques,remote sensing,aerosol optical properties,angular variation,intrinsic surface angular reflectance,multi-angle satellite imagery,remote sensing,spatial Fourier transforms,spatial contrasts,spatial frequencies,surface reflectance distribution
Atmospheric optics,Satellite,Satellite imagery,Aerosol,Remote sensing,Image retrieval,Fourier transform,Mathematics,Spatial frequency,Light scattering
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
30
2
0196-2892
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
11.51
0
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Martonchik, J.V.13415.28
Diner, D.J.24017.27