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Chowdhary et al. 2004

Chowdhary, J., B. Cairns, M.I. Mishchenko, and L.D. Travis, 2004: Constraining aerosol single scattering albedos from multiangle multispectral photo-polarimetric observations over the ocean. In Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere IX, 13 Sep. 2004, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain, Proc. SPIE, vol. 5571, pp. 127, doi:10.1117/12.565705.

The extensive set of measurements performed during the Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) experiment provides a unique opportunity to evaluate aerosol retrievals over the ocean from multiangle, multispectral photometric and polarimetric remote sensing observations by the airborne Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP) instrument. Previous studies have shown the feasibility of retrieving particle size distributions and real refractive indices from such observations for visible wavelengths without prior knowledge of the ocean color. This work evaluates the fidelity of the aerosol retrievals using RSP measurements during the CLAMS experiment against aerosol properties derived from in-situ measurements, sky radiance observations and sunphotometer measurements, and further extends the scope of the RSP retrievals by using a priori information about the ocean color to constrain the aerosol absorption. Satisfying agreement is found for all aerosol products.

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BibTeX Citation

@inproceedings{ch00110x,
  author={Chowdhary, J. and Cairns, B. and Mishchenko, M. I. and Travis, L. D.},
  title={Constraining aerosol single scattering albedos from multiangle multispectral photo-polarimetric observations over the ocean},
  booktitle={Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere IX, 13 Sep. 2004, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain},
  year={2004},
  volume={5571},
  pages={127},
  series={Proc. SPIE},
  doi={10.1117/12.565705},
}

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AU  - Cairns, B.
AU  - Mishchenko, M. I.
AU  - Travis, L. D.
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TI  - Constraining aerosol single scattering albedos from multiangle multispectral photo-polarimetric observations over the ocean
BT  - Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere IX, 13 Sep. 2004, Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain
T3  - Proc. SPIE
VL  - 5571
SP  - 127
DO  - 10.1117/12.565705
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