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Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa
CURRENT PROBLEMS IN REMOTE SENSING OF THE EARTH FROM SPACE

  

Sovremennye problemy distantsionnogo zondirovaniya Zemli iz kosmosa, 2016, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 132-149

Simple optical model of clear sky and cloudy atmosphere for calculation of solar irradiance

A.S. Ginzburg 1 , I.N. Melnikova 2 , D.A. Samulenkov 2 , M.V. Sapunov 2 , L.V. Katkovsky 3 
1 A.M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics RAS, Moscow, Russia
2 St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia
3 A.N. Sevchenko Institute of Applied Physical Problems of Belarusian State University , Minsk, Belarus

Accepted: 05.02.2016
DOI: 10.21046/2070-7401-2016-13-2-132-149 

Simple optical models of cloudless and cloudy atmosphere are proposed. Four versions of atmospheric aerosols content are considered: a complete lack of aerosols in the atmosphere, low background concentration (500 cm-3), high concentrations (2000 cm-3) and high content of particles (5000 cm-3). In a cloud scenario, the model of external mixture is assumed: solid aerosol particles are between water droplets. The values of optical thickness and single scattering albedo for 13 wavelengths are calculated with regard to the molecular absorption bands in the short wavelength range of 0,3-0,9 µm. Molecular bands are simulated with triangle function. A comparison of the proposed values of optical parameters with results of the various measurements and retrieval (lidar measurement, sampling, processing radiation measurements) is accomplished. It is shown that the values of optical parameters correspond to the values obtained from processing the results of airborne observations of the irradiance and radiance of solar radiation at different altitudes in the atmosphere. For a cloudy atmosphere models for single-layer and two-layer atmosphere are presented. It is found that cloud optical parameters assumed for the “external mixture” agree well with values obtained from airborne observations and retrievals. The proposed optical models provide acceptable accuracy, which is clear from comparisons between the measured and retrieved values of optical parameters.
Keywords: atmospheric aerosols, cloud, optical thickness, single scattering albedo, optical model, volume extinction coef-ficient, volume absorption coefficient, lidar sounding
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