Atmospheric transmission and radiance calculations for satellite applications
Abstract
Satellite observations of the earth can be divided into two categories, including observations of cloud cover and/or the solid earth, and observations of the atmosphere itself. Observations of the first category are important in connection with studies of the terrestrial surface or the cloud cover, while observations of the second category relate to a requirement of the meteorological community who attempt to determine the three-dimensional physical structure of the atmosphere from measurements of the upwelling radiance. Both applications require a knowledge of atmospheric transmission and its relationship to the radiances measured by sensors on the satellite. Attention is given to aspects of radiative transfer, a low-resolution transmission model, a high spectral resolution transmission model, and the measurement of meteorological parameters.
- Publication:
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International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
- Pub Date:
- 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981rse.....1..111M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Effects;
- Atmospheric Optics;
- Earth Observations (From Space);
- Satellite Observation;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Cloud Cover;
- Light Transmission;
- Meteorological Parameters;
- Radiative Transfer;
- Remote Sensing;
- Spectral Resolution;
- Geophysics