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Development of an Aerosol Opacity Retrieval Algorithm for Use with Multi-Angle Land Surface ImagesIn 1998, the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) will fly aboard the EOS-AM1 spacecraft. MISR will enable unique methods for retrieving the properties of atmospheric aerosols, by providing global imagery of the Earth at nine viewing angles in four visible and near-IR spectral bands. As part of the MISR algorithm development, theoretical methods of analyzing multi-angle, multi-spectral data are being tested using images acquired by the airborne Advanced Solid-State Array Spectroradiometer (ASAS). In this paper we derive a method to be used over land surfaces for retrieving the change in opacity between spectral bands, which can then be used in conjunction with an aerosol model to derive a bound on absolute opacity.
Document ID
20060038388
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Diner, D.
Paradise, S.
Martonchik, J.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
August 8, 1994
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Advanced Solid-State Array Spectroradiometer ASAS aerosol
Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer MISR Earth Observing System EOS-AM1

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