Determination of the vertical profile of the aerosol attenuation coefficient from optical measurements from space
Abstract
Two methods for calculating the aerosol scattering (or attenuation) coefficient of the atmosphere from spaceborne measurements are described. The first method is a universal one that is based on the Monte Carlo and Newton methods. The second method is based on the solution of the Abel integral equation. Both methods are constructed for a horizontally homogeneous atmosphere, and the effect of inhomogeneities on measurements from orbital stations is examined.
- Publication:
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Issled. Atmos.-Opt. Yavlenij s Borta Orbital'n. Nauchn. st. Salyut-4. Tartu
- Pub Date:
- 1979
- Bibcode:
- 1979aoyb.conf..146A
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Atmospheric Optics;
- Earth Observations (From Space);
- Optical Measurement;
- Abel Function;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Attenuation Coefficients;
- Integral Equations;
- Monte Carlo Method;
- Salyut Space Station;
- Satellite Observation;
- Geophysics