Korkin, SergeyLyapustin, Alexei2023-07-202023-07-202019-10-09Sergey 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: 10.1117/12.2531426https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2531426http://hdl.handle.net/11603/28814SPIE Remote Sensing, 2019, Strasbourg, France,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.11 pagesen-USThis 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.Public Domain Mark 1.0http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/Text