Abstract A station of AErosol RObotic NETwork Ocean Color (AERONET-OC) has been set on the Ariake Observation Tower Saga University April, 2018, for verification Second generation Global Imager (SGLI)/Global Change Mission-Climate (GCOM-C). Remote sensing reflectance (Rrs) observed by AERONET-OC was used SGLI. SGLI Version 1 data underestimated shortwave Rrs and (380) Rrs(412) were mostly negat...

Understanding aerosols optical properties over the oceans is vital for enhancing our knowledge of aerosol effects on climate and pollutant transport between continents. In this study, characteristics thickness (AOT) at 500 nm (τ500nm), Ångström exponent wavelength pair 440–870 (α) volume size distribution (VSD), are presented analyzed East China seas based observations four AERONET sites during...

Abstract. Water vapor plays an important role in the greenhouse effect, rendering it atmospheric constituent that requires continuous and global monitoring by different types of remote sensing instruments. The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument Sentinel-5 Precursor (TROPOMI/S5P) Total Column Vapor (TCWV) is a new product retrieved from visible blue spectral range (435–455 nm), using algorithm w...

For water quality monitoring using satellite data, it is often required to optimize the low radiance signal through application of radiometric gains. This work describes a procedure for retrieval gains be applied OLI/L8 and MSI/S2A data over coastal waters. The are defined by ratio top atmosphere (TOA) reflectance simulated Second Simulation Satellite Signal in Solar Spectrum—vector (6SV) radia...

[1] Aerosol single scattering albedo (wo) is a primary factor dictating aerosol radiative effect. Ground-based remote sensing of wo has been employed most widely using spectral sky radiance measurements made from a scanning Sun photometer. Reliable results can be achieved for high aerosol loadings and for solar zenith angle >50 . This study presents an alternative method using spectral direct r...