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The Influence of Aerosol and Clouds on Underlying Surface Parameters Measured by Sentinel-2A in the Lower Volga Region

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A broadband model is developed for simulating the shortwave solar radiation transfer in the Earth’s atmosphere for spectral channels of Sentinel-2A satellite radiometers. This model is based on line-by-line calculations of absorption spectra with the use of modern spectroscopic information and following parameterization of the radiation transmission functions in the form of short exponential series, which allows one to apply the standard discrete-ordinate method to solution of the radiative transfer equation for each exponential component. The errors in the spectral reflectance of the surface due to uncertainties of aerosol extinction in Sentinel-2A channels are estimated for typical optical-meteorological conditions of the Lower Volga region.

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The work was supported by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences).

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  1. Volgograd State University, 400062, Volgograd, Russia

    K. M. Firsov & A. A. Razmolov

  2. V.E. Zuev Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    T. Yu. Chesnokova

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Firsov, K.M., Chesnokova, T.Y. & Razmolov, A.A. The Influence of Aerosol and Clouds on Underlying Surface Parameters Measured by Sentinel-2A in the Lower Volga Region. Atmos Ocean Opt 34, 335–340 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856021040072

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