Characterization of Dust Aerosols and Atmospheric Parameters from Space-borne and Surface-based Remote Sensing: Application of Community Radiative Transfer Algorithms to Navy Electro-Optical Models
Abstract
The long-term goal for this project is threefold: (i) to characterize dust aerosols (i.e., Saharan and Asian dusts) and atmospheric parameters (e.g., column water vapor) from space-borne and surface-based remote sensing, (ii) to investigate quantitatively their radiative forcing and climatic effects by analyzing and modeling data obtained from various ONR/NASA field campaigns, and (iii) to construct and utilize computationally efficient radiation post-processors for running on US Navy Aerosol Analysis and Prediction System to estimate aerosol radiative flux (e.g., Fu and Liou 1993) perturbations and general visibility conditions from visible to thermal IR wavelengths (e.g., Tsay et al. 1990).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA633993
Entities
People
- Jeffrey S. Reid
- Q. J. Ji
- Santiago Gasso
- Si-chee Tsay
Organizations
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration