Atmospheric correction against algorithm for NOAA-AVHRR products: theory and application

Author

Tanré, Didier ; Holben, Brent N. ; Kaufman, Yoram J.

Volume

30

Issue

2

fYear

1992

fDate

3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

231

Lastpage

248

Abstract

Investigation of the effect of atmospheric constituents on NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) visible and near-infrared data is presented. The general remote sensing equation, including scattering, absorption, and bidirectional reflectance effects for the AVHRR solar bands, is described. The magnitude of the atmospheric effects for AVHRR solar bands with respect to their impact on the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and the surface bidirection reflectance is examined. Possible approaches for acquiring atmospheric information are discussed, and examples of atmospheric correction of surface reflectance and NDVI are given. Invariant effects (ozone absorption and molecular scattering) and variant effects (water vapor absorption and aerosol scattering) are shown to dominate the atmospheric effects in the AVHRR solar bands

Keywords

aerosols; atmospheric optics; atmospheric radiation; remote sensing; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer; NOAA-AVHRR products; O₃; absorption; aerosol; atmospheric constituents; atmospheric effects; bidirectional reflectance; molecular scattering; near-infrared; normalized difference vegetation index; remote sensing; scattering; solar bands; surface bidirection reflectance; visible; water vapor; Aerosols; Bidirectional control; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Equations; Lighting; Radiometry; Reflectivity; Remote sensing; Scattering; Vegetation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.134074

Filename

134074