Space-based remote sensing of atmospheric aerosols: The multi-angle spectro-polarimetric frontier

AA Kokhanovsky, AB Davis, B Cairns, O Dubovik… - Earth-Science …, 2015 - Elsevier
The review of optical instrumentation, forward modeling, and inverse problem solution for
the polarimetric aerosol remote sensing from space is presented. The special emphasis is …

[HTML][HTML] Advanced radiometry measurements and Earth science applications with the Airborne Prism Experiment (APEX)

ME Schaepman, M Jehle, A Hueni, P D'Odorico… - Remote Sensing of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract We present the Airborne Prism Experiment (APEX), its calibration and subsequent
radiometric measurements as well as Earth science applications derived from this data …

Airborne three-dimensional cloud tomography

A Levis, YY Schechner, A Aides… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - openaccess.thecvf.com
We seek to sense the three dimensional (3D) volumetric distribution of scatterers in a
heterogenous medium. An important case study for such a medium is the atmosphere …

The modern aerosol retrieval algorithms based on the simultaneous measurements of the intensity and polarization of reflected solar light: a review

AA Kokhanovsky - Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2015 - frontiersin.org
In this paper the algorithms to retrieve atmospheric aerosol properties using spaceborne
observations are reviewed. The main focus is on the algorithms based on simultaneous …

Improving remote sensing of aerosol optical depth over land by polarimetric measurements at 1640 nm: Airborne test in North China

L Qie, Z Li, X Sun, B Sun, D Li, Z Liu, W Huang… - Remote Sensing, 2015 - mdpi.com
An improved aerosol retrieval algorithm based on the Advanced Multi-angular Polarized
Radiometer (AMPR) is presented to illustrate the utility of additional 1640-nm observations …

Airborne system for multispectral, multiangle polarimetric imaging

JH Bowles, DR Korwan, MJ Montes, DJ Gray… - Applied …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we describe the design, fabrication, calibration, and deployment of an airborne
multispectral polarimetric imager. The motivation for the development of this instrument was …

Making sense of trajectory data in indoor spaces

T Prentow, A Thom, H Blunck… - 2015 16Th IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing prevalence of positioning and tracking systems has helped simplify tracking
large amounts of, eg, People moving through buildings or cars traveling on roads, over long …

Applying a microfacet model to polarized light scattering measurements of the Earth's surface

M Kupinski, C Bradley, D Diner, F Xu… - … Science and Remote …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Representative examples from three-years of measurements from JPL's Ground-based
Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (Ground-MSPI)[1] are compared to a model for the …

Adaptation of the delta-m and δ-fit truncation methods to vector radiative transfer: Effect of truncation on radiative transfer accuracy

S Sanghavi, G Stephens - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and …, 2015 - Elsevier
In the presence of aerosol and/or clouds, the use of appropriate truncation methods
becomes indispensable for accurate but cost-efficient radiative transfer computations …

Remote sensing of above cloud aerosols

K Knobelspiesse, B Cairns, H Jethva… - Light Scattering Reviews …, 2015 - Springer
The direct and indirect radiative effects of aerosols suspended in the atmosphere above
clouds (ACA) are a highly uncertain component of both regional and global climate. Much of …