Surface polarized reflectance analysis for aerosol remote sensing

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2019-10-09

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Sergey Korkin, Alexei Lyapustin, "Surface polarized reflectance analysis for aerosol remote sensing," Proc. SPIE 11152, Remote Sensing of Clouds and the Atmosphere XXIV, 111520I (9 October 2019); doi: 10.1117/12.2531426

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We study the Earth surface polarized reflectance using data collected by a space-based lidar. Accurate modelling of the surface reflectance supports retrieval algorithm development for the current and future Earth Science missions. Strong polarization of the laser light from Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) instrument, operated in 2015-2017, and nighttime measurements yield higher signal-to-noise ratio for polarization compared to the previous analysis of reflected, initially unpolarized, solar light.