Modeling Atmosphere-Ocean Radiative Transfer: A PACE Mission Perspective

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dc.contributor.authorChowdhary, Jacek
dc.contributor.authorZhai, Peng-Wang
dc.contributor.authorBoss, Emmanuel
dc.contributor.authorDierssen, Heidi M.
dc.contributor.authorFrouin, Robert
dc.contributor.authorIbrahim, Amir
dc.contributor.authorLee, Zhongping
dc.contributor.authorRemer, Lorraine
dc.contributor.authorTwardowski, Michael
dc.contributor.authorXu, Feng
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Xiaodong
dc.contributor.authorOttaviani, Matteo
dc.contributor.authorEspinosa, William Reed
dc.contributor.authorRamon, Didier
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-25T18:07:37Z
dc.date.available2019-06-25T18:07:37Z
dc.date.issued2019-06-18
dc.description.abstractThe research frontiers of radiative transfer (RT) in coupled atmosphere-ocean systems are explored to enable new science and specifically to support the upcoming Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud ocean Ecosystem (PACE) satellite mission. Given (i) the multitude of atmospheric and oceanic constituents at any given moment that each exhibits a large variety of physical and chemical properties and (ii) the diversity of light-matter interactions (scattering, absorption, and emission), tackling all outstanding RT aspects related to interpreting and/or simulating light reflected by atmosphere-ocean systems becomes impossible. Instead, we focus on both theoretical and experimental studies of RT topics important to the science threshold and goal questions of the PACE mission and the measurement capabilities of its instruments. We differentiate between (a) forward (FWD) RT studies that focus mainly on sensitivity to influencing variables and/or simulating data sets, and (b) inverse (INV) RT studies that also involve the retrieval of atmosphere and ocean parameters. Our topics cover (1) the ocean (i.e., water body): absorption and elastic/inelastic scattering by pure water (FWD RT) and models for scattering and absorption by particulates (FWD RT and INV RT); (2) the air-water interface: variations in ocean surface refractive index (INV RT) and in whitecap reflectance (INV RT); (3) the atmosphere: polarimetric and/or hyperspectral remote sensing of aerosols (INV RT) and of gases (FWD RT); and (4) atmosphere-ocean systems: benchmark comparisons, impact of the Earth’s sphericity and adjacency effects on space-borne observations, and scattering in the ultraviolet regime (FWD RT). We provide for each topic a summary of past relevant (heritage) work, followed by a discussion (for unresolved questions) and RT updates.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by NASA Grant NNH13ZDA001NPACEST. In addition, P-WZ was partially supported by additional funds from the NASA PACE Project and also acknowledged support by NASA Grants (NNX15AB94G and 80NSSC18K0345). MT further acknowledged additional support from the HBOI Foundation, and XZ from NASA (NNX13AN72G and 0NSSC17K0656) and from NSF (1355466 and 1459168).en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/feart.2019.00100en_US
dc.format.extent53 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2qsxj-jggs
dc.identifier.citationChowdhary J, Zhai P-W, Boss E, Dierssen H, Frouin R, Ibrahim A, Lee Z, Remer LA, Twardowski M, Xu F, Zhang X, Ottaviani M, Espinosa WR and Ramon D (2019) Modeling Atmosphere-Ocean Radiative Transfer: A PACE Mission Perspective. Front. Earth Sci. 7:100. doi: 10.3389/feart.2019.00100en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00100
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/14311
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherFrontiersen_US
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dc.rightsThis work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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dc.titleModeling Atmosphere-Ocean Radiative Transfer: A PACE Mission Perspectiveen_US
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