A sensitivity analysis of our own atmospheric code for a vicarious calibration of ADEOS/AVNIR was conducted. It was found that the most significant error source is the imaginary part of the complex refractive index of aerosol under the certain condition as well as a Mie phase function derived from the index through an inversion. A sensitivity of the phase function on the top of the atmosphere radiance was evaluated with our own atmospheric code including a radiative transfer code.

Date Published: 31 December 1997
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 3221, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites, (31 December 1997);

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 3221:
Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites
Hiroyuki Fujisada, Editor(s)