Title
Time series of urban radiative budget maps derived from EO satellites using a physical remote sensing model
Abstract
Models that simulate the radiative budget (RB) and remote sensing (RS) observation of landscapes with physical approaches and consideration of the three-dimensional (3-D) architecture of Earth surfaces are increasingly needed to better understand the life-essential cycles and processes of our planet and to further develop RS technology. DART (Discrete Anisotropic Radiative Transfer) is one of the most comprehensive physically based 3-D models of Earth-atmosphere optical radiative transfer (RT), from ultraviolet to thermal infrared. It simulates the optical 3-D RB and signal of proximal, aerial and satellite imaging spectrometers and laser scanners, for any urban and/or natural landscapes and for any experimental and instrumental configurations. It is freely available for research and teaching activities. Here, an application is presented after a summary of its theory and recent advances: inversion of Sentinel 2 images for simulating time series of urban radiative budget Q <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">SW</sub> maps through the determination of maps of urban surface material. Results are very encouraging: satellite and in-situ Q <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">SW</sub> are very close (RMSE ≈ 15 W/m <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> ; i.e. 2.7% mean relative difference).
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/ATSIP.2018.8364509
2018 4th International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Signal and Image Processing (ATSIP)
Keywords
Field
DocType
DART,inversion,optical properties,radiative budget,urban
Satellite,Anisotropy,Inversion (meteorology),Dart,Remote sensing,Spectrometer,Laser,Environmental science,Planet,Radiative transfer
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5386-5240-4
0
0.34
References 
Authors
4
11