Sensitivity study of synthetic polarization measurements in UV wavelength bands

For the satellite remote sensing of aerosols in Ultraviolet (UV) wavelength bands, the atmospheric widow in UVA spectral bands from 315nm to 400nm are usually used. To derive the aerosols and surface reflectance from satellite UV measurements, a suitable radiative transfer model is indispensable for designed retrieval algorithms. In this study, we focus on the sensitivity study of polarization measurements in the UV wavelength bands, and Unified Linearized Vector Radiative Transfer Model (UNL-VRTM) is used as the forward model for the simulation of the synthetic data. The hyperspectral surface reflectance of green vegetation and man-made materialsin UV have been extracted from the spectral library of John Hopkins University (JHU), and the polarized surface reflectance is also integrated in forward simulations. Both the fine-mode and coarse mode dominated aerosols are selected to investigate the influence on the measurements at the top of the atmosphere (TOA). For the separate contributions of Rayleigh scattering, aerosols scattering/absorption and surface-atmosphere coupled results, different input options are set in the UNL-VRTM. With the combination of gas absorption in forward simulation, the Rayleigh contribution, atmospheric path radiance and coupled contribution with surface are obtained, and the corresponding sensitivities are investigated and discussed. The results in this study can provide important support for the design of retrieval algorithms in UV.

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