Satellite Measurements of Atmospheric Aerosols.

Abstract

An error analysis of the two-channel techniques has shown that the AVHRR noise will result in root-mean-square errors of about 0.40 in the size distribution parameter, and about 0.08N in aerosol content, N. These errors are increased due to the effects of undetected clouds in the field of view and variations in the ocean surface reflectance. Based on an analysis of the Barbados and USNS Hayes data, these environmental errors could be of the same magnitude for, and larger for N. However, because of uncertainties in the data set there is uncertainty in these estimates of the environmental errors. Originator supplied keywords include: Maritime aerosols, Satellite measurements, Errors analysis, Ocean radiance, Aerosol scattering, Sunphotometer measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 29, 1985
Accession Number
ADA153807

Entities

People

  • M. Griggs

Organizations

  • Leidos

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Satellites
  • Barbados
  • Corporations
  • Data Sets
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Radiance
  • Reflectance
  • Refractive Index
  • Security
  • Thickness
  • Uncertainty
  • Vapors
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.

Technology Areas

  • Space