Open AccessRADIATIVE TRANSFER IN THE OXYGEN A-BAND AND ITS APPLICATION TO CLOUD REMOTE SENSING
Author(s) -
Luca Lelli,
Alexander Kokhanovsky,
В. В. Розанов,
John P. Burrows
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
university of messina university library system (university of messina)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0365-0359
DOI - 10.1478/c1v89s1p056
Subject(s) - radiative transfer , remote sensing , satellite , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric radiative transfer codes , range (aeronautics) , cloud computing , altitude (triangle) , spectrometer , transfer (computing) , environmental science , computational physics , computer science , physics , meteorology , optics , mathematics , materials science , geology , astronomy , geometry , operating system , parallel computing , composite material
Detection of clouds and retrieval of their properties (top and bottom altitude, optical thickness) with satellite-based spectrometers needs the solution of radiative transfer in the atmosphere. Depending on the application needed for and instrument capabilities, a trade-off choice has to be made between accuracy and speed. This study aims to characterise the range of applicability of analytical asymptotic equations to real scenarios. It has been found that the errors, introduced with approximate parameterisations, are within reasonable ranges both in absolute and relative values
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