High-spectral resolution simulation of polarization of skylight: Sensitivity to aerosol vertical profile

Details High-spectral resolution simulation of polarization of skylight: Sensitivity to aerosol vertical profile High-spectral resolution simulation of polarization of skylight: Sensitivity to aerosol vertical profile

Oct 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008georl..3520801z&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 35, Issue 20, CiteID L20801

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Radiation: Transmission And Scattering, Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Aerosols And Particles (0345, 4801, 4906), Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Troposphere: Composition And Chemistry, Atmospheric Processes: Radiative Processes, Atmospheric Processes: Remote Sensing

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A vector radiative transfer model was used in conjunction with the line-by-line radiative transfer model and the database of high-resolution transmission (HITRAN) molecular absorption to simulate the degree of linear polarization of skylight in cloud-free conditions. Differences between simulated and measured polarization data in high-spectral resolution are found to be within 1% after aerosol scattering and gas absorptions are carefully considered. Limiting experiments are conducted at wavelengths around 0.760-0.765 μm O2-A absorption band for the same columnar aerosol optical thickness but different aerosol profiles. Results showed that the degree of linear polarization of skylight at surface varies strongly and is sensitive to the vertical change of tropospheric aerosol mass (or extinction) as the wavelengths approach to the edge of O2-A absorption band. However, such sensitivity is minimal at all wavelengths when the aerosol composition or single scattering properties are vertically homogeneous. This study suggests that the polarization data can be used together with radiance data to constrain the simulation of vertical distribution of aerosol composition in chemistry transport models.

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