Aerosol Remote Sensing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxxviii

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2. Introduction

   • Jacqueline Lenoble, Lorraine A. Remer, Didier Tanré

   Pages 1-11

3. Absorption and scattering by molecules and particles

   • Jacqueline Lenoble, Michael I. Mishchenko, Maurice Herman

   Pages 13-51

4. Radiative transfer in the Earth’s atmosphere

   • Jacqueline Lenoble, Maurice Herman

   Pages 53-86

5. Direct observation of the sun for aerosol retrieval

   • Colette Brogniez, Jacqueline Lenoble, Glenn Shaw

   Pages 87-99

6. Determination of aerosol optical properties from inverse methods

   • Michael D. King, Oleg Dubovik

   Pages 101-136

7. Passive shortwave remote sensing from the Ground

   • Glenn E. Shaw, Brent N. Holben, Lorraine A. Remer

   Pages 137-157

8. History of passive remote sensing of aerosol from space

   • Omar Torres, Lorraine A. Remer

   Pages 159-183

9. Recent instruments and algorithms for passive shortwave remote sensing

   • Lorraine A. Remer, Colette Brogniez, Brian Cairns, N. Christina Hsu, Ralph Kahn, Piet Stammes et al.

   Pages 185-222

10. Longwave passive remote sensing

    • Clémence Pierangelo, Alain Chédin, Michel Legrand

    Pages 223-281

11. Active lidar remote sensing

    • M. Patrick McCormick, Kevin R. Leavor

    Pages 283-313

12. Conclusion: Results and suggestions for future research

    • Jacqueline Lenoble, Lorraine A. Remer, Didier Tanré

    Pages 315-326

13. Back Matter

    Pages 327-390

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This book gives a much needed explanation of the basic physical principles of radiative transfer and remote sensing, and presents all the instruments and retrieval algorithms in a homogenous manner. The editors provide, for the first time, an easy path from theory to practical algorithms in one easily accessible volume, making the connection between theoretical radiative transfer and individual practical solutions to retrieve aerosol information from remote sensing, and providing the specifics and intercomparison of all current and historical retrieval methods.

• Aerosol optics
• Determination of aerosols
• Earth's atmosphere
• Remote sensing
• remote sensing/photogrammetry
• climate change

• Université Lille 1, LOA, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

  Jacqueline Lenoble

• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

  Lorraine Remer

• Technologies de Lille, Labo. Optique Atmosphérique, Université des Sciences et, Villeneuve d'Ascq CX, France

  Didier Tanre

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