Development and Testing of a Method to Recover the Optical Depth of Atmospheric Aerosols from Solar Intensity as a Function of Photometric Data from the Sun

Abstract

The background of atmospheric aerosols is an essential aspect in studying Earth's radiative budget, climate change and air quality. Therefore, quality techniques that invert aerosol parameters are of great importance to better understand their characterization. Accurate calculation of the physical parameters of aerosols in the planetary boundary layer improves the accuracy of the assessment of impacts on environmental conditions. In many atmospheric corrections for optical remote sensing using satellite sensors, AOT values ​​play an important role in arranging look-up tables (LUTs) for scattering parameters. Therefore, this study aims to develop a method for processing and calibrating solar photometric data to obtain raw AOT in the planetary boundary layer.