Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE · 1999 · 229 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesAerospace EngineeringEarth SciencesAtmospheric ScienceOcean InstrumentationRemote SensingAerosol Remote SensingPolar Remote SensingSatellite SensorsGround-based ObservationsGround-based SensingInstrumental Polarization CalibrationOver-ocean Aerosol RetrievalsPolarimetric Aerosol RetrievalPolarimetric MetrologyPolarimetric Remote SensingPolarimetry Instruments
SpecTIR Corporation has recently completed building the Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP). The instrument was designed to deliver highly accurate polarimetric measurements from aircraft and ground, and this study reports its calibration and quantitative interpretation. The RSP spans 410–2250 nm and scans a 120° field of view, enabling precise polarimetric data acquisition. Aircraft observations with the RSP provide information content suitable for preliminary aerosol retrievals over the Pacific Ocean.
SpecTIR Corporation has recently completed building the Research Scanning Polarimeter (RSP). This instrument was designed to provide highly accurate polarimetric measurement both from aircraft and from the ground. The spectral range of the measurement is form 410nm to 2250nm and the field of view of the instrument is scanned over a 120 degrees swath. Here we describe the results of the instrumental calibration and the quantitative interpretation of ground-based measurements. Recently we have acquired data using the RSP on an aircraft and a brief discussion of the information content of this data and some preliminary aerosol retrievals over the Pacific ocean are presented.
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Light scattering in planetary atmospheres
James E. Hansen, Larry D. Travis · Space Science Reviews · 1974 · 2.7K citations