Uncertainties in radiative transfer computations: consequences on the MERIS products over land

Richard P. Santer; Juergen Fischer; Francis Zagolski; Didier Ramon; Ph. Dubuisson

doi:10.1117/12.467541

9 April 2003 Uncertainties in radiative transfer computations: consequences on the MERIS products over land

Richard P. Santer, Juergen Fischer, Francis Zagolski, Didier Ramon, Ph. Dubuisson

Proceedings Volume 4891, Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds III; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467541
Event: Third International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, 2002, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

Operational MERIS (MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer) level 2 processing uses auxiliary data generated by two radiative transfer tools. These two codes simulate upwelling radiances within a coupled 'Atmosphere Land' system, using different approaches based on the matrix operator method (FUB), the discrete ordinate method and the successive orders technique (LISE). Intervalidation of these two radiative transfer tools was performed in order to implement them in the MERIS level 2 processing.. An extensive exercise was conducted for cases without gaseous absorption. The scattering processes both by the molecules and the aerosols were retrieved within few tenths of a percent. Nevertheless, some substantial discrepancies occurred if the polarization is not taken into account mainly in the Rayleigh scattering computations. Errors on the aerosol optical depth reach up to 30 percent in some geometries as observed in the SeaWiFS (Sea viewing Wide Field of view Sensor) images. The parameterization of the water vapor absorption defined for each of these two codes leads to a well agreement not only for the MERIS bands with residual absorption but also in the MERIS band centred at 900nm which is used for the water vapor retrieval. As for the strong oxygen absorption at the 760.625 nm MERIS wavelength, its parameterization varies between the two codes. Nevertheless, the systematic biases in the two codes will be removed thanks to the use of a differential method between two MERIS adjacent bands. For the oxygen absorption at 760.625 nm, a more exhaustive study need to be achieved.

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Richard P. Santer, Juergen Fischer, Francis Zagolski, Didier Ramon, and Ph. Dubuisson "Uncertainties in radiative transfer computations: consequences on the MERIS products over land", Proc. SPIE 4891, Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds III, (9 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467541

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Absorption

Aerosols

Scattering

Real-time computing

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Atmospheric modeling

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