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