Inversion of polarization measurements at BUV wavelengths to recover ozone and aerosol profiles
Abstract
A method is proposed to recover stratospheric ozone and aerosol concentration profiles from satellite-borne polarimeter measurements of the ultraviolet light reflected from the earth's atmosphere. A mathematical inversion is performed on simulated spectral polarization measurements demonstrating the recovery of ozone mixing ratio and aerosol scattering ratio profiles when large aerosol concentrations are present in the stratosphere.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- April 1984
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.23.000990
- Bibcode:
- 1984ApOpt..23..990M
- Keywords:
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- Aerosols;
- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Ozonometry;
- Polarimetry;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Ultraviolet Radiation;
- Atmospheric Optics;
- Backscattering;
- Inversions;
- Particle Density (Concentration);
- Solar Radiation;
- Stratosphere;
- Spacecraft Instrumentation;
- AEROSOLS;
- ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;
- OZONE;
- POLARIZATION;
- REMOTE SENSING;
- SPECTROSCOPY: ULTRAVIOLET;
- ULTRAVIOLET