Retrieval of Aerosol Optical Thickness in the Arctic Snow-Covered Regions Using Passive Remote Sensing: Impact of Aerosol Typing and Surface Reflection Model

• Published in: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Mei, Linlu, Rozanov, Vladimir, Ritter, Christoph, Heinold, Bernd, Jiao, Ziti, Vountas, Marco, Burrows, John P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Aerosol Robotic Network; Arctic; Hornsund; Kangerlussuaq; Tiksi
• Online Access: https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53135/; https://epic.awi.de/id/eprint/53135/1/Linlu_2020_retrieval_AOT.pdf; https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2020.2972339; https://hdl.handle.net/10013/epic.7ccdd46d-c055-4169-9580-63874ad18ea3

Currently, no aerosol optical thickness (AOT) data set over the Arctic snow/ice-covered regions derived from space-borne passive remote sensing is available. The challenge is to develop an accurate and robust technique to derive AOT above highly variable and bright snow/ice surfaces. To extend data...