Polarization impacts on the water-leaving radiance retrieval from above-water radiometric measurements

• Published in: Applied Optics
• Main Authors: Harmel, Tristan, Gilerson, Alexander, Tonizzo, Alberto, Chowdhary, Jacek, Weidemann, Alan, Arnone, Robert, Ahmed, Sam
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'océanographie de Villefranche (LOV), Observatoire océanologique de Villefranche-sur-mer (OOVM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2012
• Subjects: [SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography; Long Island; Long Island Sound; Aerosol Robotic Network
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03502652; https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.008324

Above-water measurements of water-leaving radiance are widely used for water-quality monitoring and ocean-color satellite data validation. Reflected skylight in above-water radiometry needs to be accurately estimated prior to derivation of water-leaving radiance. Up-to-date methods to estimate refle...