Broadband albedo estimates from narrowband multispectral satellite measurements
Abstract
The study focuses on establishing a relationship between the narrowband Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) data and the data obtained by the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment instrument, which operates in a scanning mode similar to that of the AVHRR but has higher resolution and over-narrow spectral bands. A note is made of the relationship's capability to estimate the broadband albedo from narrowband measurements without regard for the type of the underlying surface. A comparison of the correlation slopes indicates that the largest departure between the empirical and simulated results is that for ERB vs AVHRR channel 1, which is suggested to be related to calibration difficulties.
- Publication:
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5th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation
- Pub Date:
- 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983atra.conf..403W
- Keywords:
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- Broadband;
- Earth Albedo;
- Earth Radiation Budget Experiment;
- Multispectral Band Scanners;
- Satellite Observation;
- Spectral Reflectance;
- Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer;
- Angular Distribution;
- Data Collection Platforms;
- Earth Radiation Budget;
- High Resolution;
- Narrowband;
- Nimbus Satellites;
- Radiance;
- Radiation Measurement;
- Regression Analysis;
- Geophysics