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Title: Accounting for sub-pixel variability of clouds and/or unresolved spectral variability, as needed, with generalized radiative transfer theory

Journal Article · · Fourier Transform Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment
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  1. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States)
  2. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Atmospheric hyperspectral VNIR sensing struggles with sub-pixel variability of clouds and limited spectral resolution mixing molecular lines. Our generalized radiative transfer model addresses both issues with new propagation kernels characterized by power-law decay in space.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1221128
Journal Information:
Fourier Transform Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment, Conference: Session: Atmospheric Measurements, Modeling and Compensation Methods (HT4B) Hyperspectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment 2015 Lake Arrowhead, California United States 1–4 March 2015
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Extension of the weak-line approximation and application to correlated-k methods journal July 2011

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