Infrared radiative transfer model for aerosol clouds: implications to remote sensing by ground-based and airborne sensors

Avishai Ben-David; Charles E. Davidson

doi:10.1117/12.829051

29 September 2009 Infrared radiative transfer model for aerosol clouds: implications to remote sensing by ground-based and airborne sensors

Avishai Ben-David, Charles E. Davidson

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Proceedings Volume 7475, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV; 74750F (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829051
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2009, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

It is of vital interest to understand how cloud particles interact with ambient atmospheric radiation fields. We developed a comprehensive analytical radiative transfer model for passive infrared remote sensing applicable to ground-based and airborne sensors. We show the qualitative difference between simple non-scattering aerosols (pseudo vapor cloud) and an aerosol cloud where scattering, absorption and emission occur. Simulations revealed two interesting observations: aerosol cloud detection from an airborne platform may be more challenging than for a ground-based sensor, and the detection of an aerosol cloud in emission mode is different from the detection of an aerosol cloud in absorption mode.

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Avishai Ben-David and Charles E. Davidson "Infrared radiative transfer model for aerosol clouds: implications to remote sensing by ground-based and airborne sensors", Proc. SPIE 7475, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XIV, 74750F (29 September 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.829051

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