Proceedings of the KSRS Conference (대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집)
- 1999.11a
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- Pages.89-94
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- 1999
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- 1226-9743(pISSN)
DETECTION OF DUST LOADED AIRMASS IN SEAWIFS IMAGERY: AN EMPIRICAL DUST INDEX IN COMPARISON WITH MODEL-PREDICTED DUST DISTRIBUTION OVER THE PACIFIC IN APRIL,1998
- Fukushima, H. (School of High-Technology for Human Welfare, Tokai University) ;
- Schmidt, M. (SeaWiFS Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) ;
- Sohn, B.J. (Dept. Earth Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
- Toratani, M. (School of High-Technology for Human Welfare, Tokai University) ;
- Uno, I. (Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University)
- Published : 1999.11.01
Abstract
The paper first proposes an empirical algorithm for detecting dust-loaded airmass observed by Sea Wide Field-of-view Scanner (SeaWiFS). The proposed dust index formula is based on the curvature of the spectral reflectance estimated from the SeaWiFS band 4 (510 nm band) through band 8 (865 nm band) data, assuming "clear ocean water" reflectance. Evaluation of the algorithm is made over several typical Asian dust images including the ones over the Pacific in April, 1998, when a major dust event was reported. The study analyzes the performance and the characteristics of the algorithm by comparing the satellite-derived dust index images with contemporaneous columnar concentration of dust particles predicted by a numerical dust transport model. The comparison reveals several small-scale differences although their dust distribution patterns show good agreement generally.
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