Polarimetric remote sensing in oxygen A and B bands: sensitivity study and  information content analysis for vertical profile of aerosols

Ding, Shouguo; Wang, Jun; Xu, Xiaoguang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2077-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2077-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2077-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

Research article

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11 May 2016

Research article |

| 11 May 2016

Polarimetric remote sensing in oxygen A and B bands: sensitivity study and information content analysis for vertical profile of aerosols

Shouguo Ding, Jun Wang, and Xiaoguang Xu

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RC1: 'Review of Ding et al. for AMT', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Feb 2016
- AC1: 'Reply to reviews #1', Jun Wang, 18 Apr 2016
RC2: 'Review of Ding et al. for publication in AMT', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Feb 2016
- AC2: 'Reply to Reviews #2', Jun Wang, 18 Apr 2016

Short summary

Knowledge on the vertical distribution of aerosols in the atmospheric is important for studying aerosol impacts on air quality and climate change. The polarization measurements in O₂ A and B bands is shown here theoretically to have rich information for characterizing aerosol vertical profile over land. This paper presents a passive remote sensing technique supplementary to the existing technique to retrieve aerosol vertical distribution over land from space.