Satellite Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosols.

Abstract

Analysis of NOAA-6 AVHRR data and ground-truth measurements at two locations has found a radiance-aerosol content relationship which agrees very well with that previously determined for Landsat 2 Data. A new technique was developed to use AVHRR Channels 1 and 2 radiances to infer aerosol size distribution information, in addition to the optical thickness. The technique was successfully tested with a small data set obtained in a ground-truth experiment on the USNS Hayes. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 26, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103493

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  • M. Griggs

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Calibration
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Sets
  • Earth Models
  • Errors
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Models
  • Radiance
  • Security
  • Thickness
  • Uncertainty
  • United States
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

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  • Computer Vision.
  • Oceanography.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

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  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • Space