期刊
JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER
卷 272, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2021.107759
关键词
Refractive index; Degree of linear polarization (DoLP); Brown carbon; Bidirectional reflectance factor (pBRF); Black carbon; Size distribution
资金
- US National Science Foundation [AGS-1455215, AGS-1926817]
- NASA ACCDAM program [NNH20ZDA001N]
- McDonnell International Scholars Academy at Washington University in St. Louis
This study investigates the performance of radiance-related reflectance factors and polarization-related factors in different types of carbonaceous aerosols as a function of particle size distribution. The results show different sensitivities of aerosols to changes in particle size and imaginary refractive index. The data suggest that future retrieval algorithms could reliably estimate microphysical properties of absorbing carbonaceous aerosols using the degree of linear polarization data.
Visible-light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols within the boundary layer affect the radiance and polarization states of the radiation at the top of the atmosphere. Remote sensing from suborbital and satellite-based platforms utilizes these radiance and polarization signals to retrieve the key properties of these aerosols. Recent retrieval algorithms have shown a progressive trend toward including multi-angular and multi-spectral polarimetric measurements to produce better retrieval accuracy in comparison to those using measurements based on a single viewing angle. Here, we perform a theoretical investigation of the top of atmosphere (TOA) radiance-related reflectance factor (bidirectional reflectance factor (BRF)) and the two types of polarimetry-related factors (polarized bidirectional reflectance factor (pBRF) and the degree of linear polarization (DoLP)) for different types of atmospheric light-absorbing carbonaceous aerosols as a function of particle size distribution. We selected three polarimetric bands corresponding to those utilized by NASA's Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI)-near-UV (470 nm), visible (660 nm), and near-infrared (865 nm)-for our simulations which were performed over ocean surface using the successive order of scattering (SOS) algorithm coupled to a Lorenz-Mie aerosol optics model. The analysis of particle phase matrix elements indicates a close relationship between the angular dependencies of DoLP and associated phase matrix components at the shortest polarimetric band (470 nm). Using Jacobian analysis, we find that the radiance- and polarimetry-related reflectance factors of weakly light-absorbing aerosols, such as brown carbon, are more sensitive to changes in particle size and imaginary refractive index in comparison with those of black carbon, which is strongly light-absorbing. Our results suggest that the DoLP data could be used by future retrieval algorithms for reliably estimating microphysical properties of absorbing carbonaceous aerosols with imaginary refractive index less than 0.4. (C) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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