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Maritime aerosol optical thickness measured by handheld sun photometers / K.D. Knobelspiesse in Remote sensing of environment, vol 93 n° 1 (30/10/2004)  

Public [article]  inRemote sensing of environment > vol 93 n° 1 (30/10/2004) . - pp 87 - 106 Titre : Maritime aerosol optical thickness measured by handheld sun photometers Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : K.D. Knobelspiesse, Auteur ; S. Pietras, Auteur ; et al., Auteur Année de publication : 2004 Article en page(s) : pp 87 - 106 Note générale : Bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de télédétection [Termes IGN] aérosol [Termes IGN] analyse comparative [Termes IGN] classification barycentrique [Termes IGN] échantillon [Termes IGN] image optique [Termes IGN] image Seawifs [Termes IGN] photomètre [Termes IGN] photométrie Résumé : (Auteur) For several years, the NASA SIMBIOS Project has collected, processed, and archived optical aerosol data from shipboard sun photometers. The calibration, processing, quality control, and archival methodology for handheld sun photometers are described here, along with their deployment statistics. Data processing has been standardized for all instruments by using identical calibration methods, ancillary data, and processing software. Statistical analysis reveals a dataset influenced by its temporal and geographic distribution, while multimodal histograms for aerosol optical thickness (AOT) and Angstrom exponent reveal varied aerosol populations. A K-means unsupervised classification technique is used to separate these populations. This separation is validated by showing individual classes are more likely to be log-normally (for AOTs) or normally (for Angstrom exponents) distributed than the dataset as a whole. Properties for each class are presented, along with the characteristics of each class by regional oceanic basin. Results also compare favorably with maritime aerosols measured by land-based AERONET Cimels in island sites, while providing data coverage in previously sparsely sampled regions. Aerosol models employed by SeaWiFS (Sea-Viewing Wide Field-of-View Sensor) also compare favorably with these ground based measurements. Numéro de notice : A2004-424 Affiliation des auteurs : non IGN Thématique : IMAGERIE Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1016/j.rse.2004.06.018 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2004.06.018 Format de la ressource électronique : URL article Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=26951 [article]