Open AccessRetrieving of aerosol size distribution based on the measurement of aerosol optical depth
Author(s) -
Haoyi Zuo,
Jingyi Yang
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.56.6132
Subject(s) - aerosol , mie scattering , wavelength , optical depth , collinearity , particle size distribution , light scattering , optics , scattering , materials science , particle size , environmental science , remote sensing , physics , mathematics , meteorology , chemistry , statistics , geology
A new method for retrieving aerosol size distribution from measurement of aerosol optical depth is reported. Depending on the rigorous Mie scattering theory and the measured optical depth, dispersing the aerosol size distribution, by using linear-regression method, the aerosol size distribution can be calculated directly. And also the suitable wavelength band to retrieve the aerosol size distribution is obtained by analyzing the multi-collinearity.