Aerosol optical thickness over ocean areas and its relationship with cloud droplet size

Author

Han, Qingyuan ; Chou, Joyce ; Welch, Ronald M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Atmos. Sci., South Dakota Sch. of Mines & Technol., Rapid City, SD, USA

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

3-8 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1911

Abstract

This paper presents the results of retrieved aerosol optical thickness over ocean areas and its relationship with droplet sizes of water clouds. The aerosol optical thickness is retrieved from clear sky radiances of channel 1 of AVHRR from ISCCP dataset. The results show consistent distribution patterns of aerosol optical thickness with other authors´ work. The aerosol optical thickness shows a negative relation with cloud droplet size, consistent with expected aerosol indirect effect

Keywords

aerosols; atmospheric composition; atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric optics; atmospheric techniques; clouds; light scattering; meteorology; remote sensing; AVHRR; ISCCP dataset; aerosol; channel 1; cloud droplet size; distribution pattern; light scattering; marine atmosphere; measurement technique; meteorology; microphysics; optical thickness; optics; particle size distribution; remote sensing; Aerosols; Clouds; Information retrieval; Oceans; Optical filters; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical variables control; Satellites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 1997. IGARSS '97. Remote Sensing - A Scientific Vision for Sustainable Development., 1997 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3836-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1997.609138

Filename

609138