December 2013
Spotlight Summary by Zhishen Liu
Multi sky-view 3D aerosol distribution recovery
In their article entitled "Multi sky-view 3D aerosol distribution recovery", Aides et al propose a novel approach for the important problem of three-dimensional atmospheric aerosol recovery or retrieval. The method proposed by the authors is simple and effective in comparison to other techniques such as lidar networks. Of course, the proposed technique requires sunlight, posing a fundamental problem for nighttime measurements, in which case a lidar can be used to retrieve the aerosol scattering and extinction information.
The article provides both theoretical and experimental results of 3D radiative transfer, perhaps unique to this method. The network of ground-based cameras can measure the aerosol’s optical properties in wavelengths ranging from UV to the near infrared, in contrast with lidar, which can only measure on one or a few wavelengths. This is an important advantage of the proposed method.
I would like to point out that the novel approach proposed here is very interesting and potentially quite important for the ocean color remote sensing and atmosphere lidar communities. Scanning aerosol lidar can measure the atmosphere’s back-scattering and extinction coefficients along different directions and detection distances. A comparison of lidar measurement data with the results of the camera measurement techniques proposed in this paper could provide further validation to the effectiveness of the new approach. Perhaps the authors of this paper should collaborate with scientists working in ocean color remote sensing or on lidar networks in order to explore the potential of their technique in these areas.
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The article provides both theoretical and experimental results of 3D radiative transfer, perhaps unique to this method. The network of ground-based cameras can measure the aerosol’s optical properties in wavelengths ranging from UV to the near infrared, in contrast with lidar, which can only measure on one or a few wavelengths. This is an important advantage of the proposed method.
I would like to point out that the novel approach proposed here is very interesting and potentially quite important for the ocean color remote sensing and atmosphere lidar communities. Scanning aerosol lidar can measure the atmosphere’s back-scattering and extinction coefficients along different directions and detection distances. A comparison of lidar measurement data with the results of the camera measurement techniques proposed in this paper could provide further validation to the effectiveness of the new approach. Perhaps the authors of this paper should collaborate with scientists working in ocean color remote sensing or on lidar networks in order to explore the potential of their technique in these areas.
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Article Information
Multi sky-view 3D aerosol distribution recovery
Amit Aides, Yoav Y. Schechner, Vadim Holodovsky, Michael J. Garay, and Anthony B. Davis
Opt. Express 21(22) 25820-25833 (2013) View: HTML | PDF