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Accounting for Atmospheric Effects in the Interpretation of Satellite and Ground-Based Optical Measurements

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Simple analytic formulas are given for calculating the signal of an optical sensor located on a satellite or on the earth’s surface in terms of the optical reflectance of the earth and the parameters of the atmosphere. These formulas are derived by introducing an a priori angular dependence of the brightness of sunlight scattered by the atmosphere. It is shown that the effect of the atmosphere is significant for satellite observations, but also for ground-based measurements of the surface spectral reflectance.

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  1. B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 68 Nezavisimost’ Ave., Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    A. V. Malinka, E. P. Zege, I. L. Katsev & A. S. Prikhach

  2. Institute of Environmental Physics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    L. Istomina

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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 83, No. 5, pp. 698–706, September–October, 2016.

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Malinka, A.V., Zege, E.P., Katsev, I.L. et al. Accounting for Atmospheric Effects in the Interpretation of Satellite and Ground-Based Optical Measurements. J Appl Spectrosc 83, 741–749 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10812-016-0357-3

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