Limitations of triple-angle radiometric geosurface measurements from high altitude to mitigate low-absorption atmospheric effects

Author

Tomiyasu, K. ; Dorian, P. ; Eitner, P.

Author_Institution

Lockheed Martin Corp., Philadelphia, PA, USA

Volume

33

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

7/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1088

Lastpage

1092

Abstract

An inversion method is described to retrieve high-emissivity surface temperatures from microwave and thermal infrared radiometric measurements assuming a horizontally stratified atmosphere. From an error analysis, a surface temperature uncertainty of about 1K can be achieved with a wide set of zenith angles and reasonable measurement uncertainties

Keywords

atmospheric boundary layer; atmospheric techniques; atmospheric temperature; geophysical techniques; infrared imaging; microwave measurement; radiometry; remote sensing; terrestrial heat; IR radiometry; atmosphere meteorology; geophysical measurement technique; geothermal; high altitude; high-emissivity surface temperature; infrared; inverse problem; inversion method; land surface; low-absorption atmospheric effects; microwave radiometry; remote sensing; terrain mapping; terrestrial heat; thermal infrared; triple-angle radiometric geosurface measurement; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Goniometers; Microwave measurements; Microwave radiometry; Ocean temperature; Radiometers; Satellite broadcasting; Sea measurements; Sea surface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Geoscience and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0196-2892

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/36.406697

Filename

406697