Aerosol optical thickness and scattering phase function retrievalfrom solar radiances recorded over water: a revised approach

摘要

The possibility of deriving aerosol optical thickness and phasefunction values for certain scattering angles from solar radiancesrecorded over the oceans is examined. Radiative transfer simulationsresults for the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) and theModerate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) instruments arepresented. These results indicate that an iterative procedure should beused for the simultaneous determination of the two quantities