Error Analysis of Retrieved Aerosol Optical Depth and Surface Reflectance due to the Azimuthal Angle Simplification of Atmospheric Functions

• Published in: TAO : Terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic sciences Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 89 - 96
• Main Author: 劉建慧(Chien-Hui Liu)
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taiwan 中華民國地球科學學會 01.03.2004; Chinese Geoscience Union (Taiwan)
• Subjects: Aerosol optical depth; Aerosols; Airborne particulates; Atmospheric correction; Dependence; Direction; Error analysis; Errors; Ice; Mathematical models; Optical analysis; Reflectance; Scattering; Simplification; Sky; SPOT; Aerosol optical depth; Surface reflectance

Using a simplified azimuthal angle assumption of atmospheric functions in the atmospheric correction model, such as Atmospheric CORrection model version 2 (ATCOR2) and Atmospheric CORrection model version 3 (ATCOR3) developed by Richter (1997) for Systeme Pour I'Observation dela Terre (SPOT) Hi...