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Journal of Geophysical Research | 2001

Remote sensing of aerosols over land surfaces from POLDER‐ADEOS‐1 polarized measurements

Jean Luc Deuze; François-Marie Bréon; Claude Devaux; Philippe Goloub; M. Herman; Bruno Lafrance; F. Maignan; A. Marchand; F. Nadal; G. Perry; D. Tanré

The polarization measurements achieved by the POLDER instrument on ADEOS-1 are used for the remote sensing of aerosols over land surfaces. The key advantage of using polarized observations is their ability to systematically correct for the ground contribution whereas the classical approach using natural light fails. The estimation of land surface polarizing properties from POLDER has been examined in a previous paper. Here we consider how the optical thickness, δ 0 , and Angstrom exponent, α , of aerosols are derived from the polarized light backscattered by the particles. The inversion scheme is detailed and illustrative results are presented. Maps of the retrieved optical thickness allow for detection of large aerosol features and, in the case of small aerosols, the δ 0 and α retrievals are consistent with correlative ground-based measurements. However, because polarized light stems mainly from small particles, the results are biased for aerosol distributions containing coarser modes of particles. To overcome this limitation, an aerosol index defined as the product AI = δα 0 is proposed. Theoretical analysis and comparison with ground-based measurements suggest that AI is approximately the same when using δ 0 and α related to the entire aerosol size distribution or derived from the polarized light originating from the small polarizing particles alone. This invariance is specially assessed by testing the continuity of AI across coastlines, given the unbiased properties of aerosol retrieval over ocean. Although reducing the information concerning the aerosols, this single parameter allows a link between the POLDER aerosol surveys over land and ocean. POLDER aerosol index global maps enable the monitoring of major aerosol sources over continental areas.


IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | 1999

Results of POLDER in-flight calibration

Olivier Hagolle; Philippe Goloub; Pierre-Yves Deschamps; Helene Cosnefroy; Xavier Briottet; Thierry Bailleul; Jean-Marc Nicolas; Frederic Parol; Bruno Lafrance; M. Herman

POLDER is a CNES instrument on board NASDAs ADEOS polar orbiting satellite, which was successfully launched in August 1996. On October 30, 1996, POLDER entered its nominal acquisition phase and worked perfectly until ADEOSs early end of service on June 30, 1997. POLDER is a multispectral imaging radiometer/polarimeter designed to collect global and repetitive observations of the solar radiation reflected by the Earth/atmosphere system, with a wide field of view (2400 km) and a moderate geometric resolution (6 km). The instrument concept is based on telecentric optics, on a rotating wheel carrying 15 spectral filters and polarizers, and on a bidimensional charge coupled device (CCD) detector array. In addition to the classical measurement and mapping characteristics of a narrow-band imaging radiometer, POLDER has a unique ability to measure polarized reflectances using three polarizers (for three of its eight spectral bands, 443 to 910 nm) and to observe target reflectances from 13 different viewing directions during a single satellite pass. One of POLDERs original features is that its in-flight radiometric calibration does not rely on any on-board device. Many calibration methods using well-characterized calibration targets have been developed to achieve a very high calibration accuracy. This paper presents the various methods implemented in the in-flight calibration plan and the results obtained during the instrument calibration phase: absolute calibration over molecular scattering, interband calibration over sunglint and clouds, multiangular calibration over deserts and clouds, intercalibration with Ocean Color and Temperature Scanner (OCTS), and water vapor channels calibration over sunglint using meteorological analysis. A brief description of the algorithm and of the performances of each method is given.


Applied Optics | 2007

PARASOL in-flight calibration and performance

Bertrand Fougnie; Guillaume Bracco; Bruno Lafrance; Caroline Ruffel; Olivier Hagolle; Claire Tinel

Since 18 December 2004, the PARASOL satellite is a member of the so-called A-train atmospheric orbital observatory, flying together with Aqua, Aura, CALIPSO, CLOUDSAT, and OCO satellites. These satellites combine for the first time a full suite of instruments for observing aerosols and clouds, using passive radiometer complementarily with active lidar and radar sounders. The PARASOL payload is extensively derived from the instrument developed for the POLDER programs that performs measurements of bidirectionality and polarization for a very wide field-of-view and for a visible/near-infrared spectral range. An overview of the results obtained during the commissioning phase and the reevaluation after one year in orbit is presented. In-flight calibration methods are briefly described, and radiometric and geometric performances are both evaluated. All algorithms are based on a panel of methods using mainly natural targets previously developed for POLDER missions and adapted or redeveloped in the PARASOL context. Regarding performances, all mission requirements are met except for band 443 (not recommended for use). After one year in orbit, a perfect geometrical stability was found while a slight decrease of the radiometric sensitivity was observed and corrected through an innovative multitemporal algorithm based on observations of bright and scattered convective clouds. The scientific exploitation of PARASOL has now begun, particularly by coupling these specific observations with other A-train sensor measurements.


Optics Express | 2015

OSOAA: A Vector Radiative Transfer Model of Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean System for a Rough Sea Surface Application to the Estimates of the Directional Variations of the Water Leaving Reflectance to Better Process Multi-angular Satellite Sensors Data Over the Ocean

Malik Chami; Bruno Lafrance; Bertrand Fougnie; Jacek Chowdhary; Tristan Harmel; Fabien Waquet

In this study, we present a radiative transfer model, so-called OSOAA, that is able to predict the radiance and degree of polarization within the coupled atmosphere-ocean system in the presence of a rough sea surface. The OSOAA model solves the radiative transfer equation using the successive orders of scattering method. Comparisons with another operational radiative transfer model showed a satisfactory agreement within 0.8%. The OSOAA model has been designed with a graphical user interface to make it user friendly for the community. The radiance and degree of polarization are provided at any level, from the top of atmosphere to the ocean bottom. An application of the OSOAA model is carried out to quantify the directional variations of the water leaving reflectance and degree of polarization for phytoplankton and mineral-like dominated waters. The difference between the water leaving reflectance at a given geometry and that obtained for the nadir direction could reach 40%, thus questioning the Lambertian assumption of the sea surface that is used by inverse satellite algorithms dedicated to multi-angular sensors. It is shown as well that the directional features of the water leaving reflectance are weakly dependent on wind speed. The quantification of the directional variations of the water leaving reflectance obtained in this study should help to correctly exploit the satellite data that will be acquired by the current or forthcoming multi-angular satellite sensors.


international geoscience and remote sensing symposium | 1998

Correction of the stratospheric aerosol radiative influence in the POLDER measurements

Bruno Lafrance; M. Herman

This paper presents the principles and performances of the stratospheric aerosol correction schemes for the Polarization and Directionality of the Earths Reflectances (POLDER) spatial polarimeter measurements and the method used to derive, from the Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment II (SAGE II) data, the information about the aerosols that is needed for the correction. On the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) platform since August 1996, POLDER performs multidirectional measurements, both of reflectance and of polarization in visible and near-infrared spectral bands. These new observational capabilities are used to observe clouds, lands, ocean surfaces, and tropospheric aerosols. These observations are weakly perturbed by the stratospheric aerosols, whose amount is currently low, but in the case of a major volcanic eruption, would increase strongly for few years. The possibility of such a situation has to be considered. Moreover, even near background conditions, the stratospheric aerosols perturb accurate retrieval of the ocean color and products deduced from the polarized light. That is why a systematic correction of their influence on the measured signal has been developed.


Optics Express | 2018

Predicting minimum uncertainties in the inversion of ocean color geophysical parameters based on Cramer-Rao bounds

Sylvain Jay; Mireille Guillaume; Malik Chami; Audrey Minghelli; Yannick Deville; Bruno Lafrance; Véronique Serfaty

We present an analytical approach based on Cramer-Rao Bounds (CRBs) to investigate the uncertainties in estimated ocean color parameters resulting from the propagation of uncertainties in the bio-optical reflectance modeling through the inversion process. Based on given bio-optical and noise probabilistic models, CRBs can be computed efficiently for any set of ocean color parameters and any sensor configuration, directly providing the minimum estimation variance that can be possibly attained by any unbiased estimator of any targeted parameter. Here, CRBs are explicitly developed using (1) two water reflectance models corresponding to deep and shallow waters, resp., and (2) four probabilistic models describing the environmental noises observed within four Sentinel-2 MSI, HICO, Sentinel-3 OLCI and MODIS images, resp. For both deep and shallow waters, CRBs are shown to be consistent with the experimental estimation variances obtained using two published remote-sensing methods, while not requiring one to perform any inversion. CRBs are also used to investigate to what extent perfect a priori knowledge on one or several geophysical parameters can improve the estimation of remaining unknown parameters. For example, using pre-existing knowledge of bathymetry (e.g., derived from LiDAR) within the inversion is shown to greatly improve the retrieval of bottom cover for shallow waters. Finally, CRBs are shown to provide valuable information on the best estimation performances that may be achieved with the MSI, HICO, OLCI and MODIS configurations for a variety of oceanic, coastal and inland waters. CRBs are thus demonstrated to be an informative and efficient tool to characterize minimum uncertainties in inverted ocean color geophysical parameters.


Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer | 2007

A successive order of scattering code for solving the vector equation of transfer in the earth's atmosphere with aerosols

Jacqueline Lenoble; M. Herman; Jean Luc Deuze; Bruno Lafrance; Richard Santer; D. Tanré


Sensors | 2008

Relative Radiometric Normalization and Atmospheric Correction of a SPOT 5 Time Series

Mahmoud El Hajj; Agnès Bégué; Bruno Lafrance; Olivier Hagolle; Gérard Dedieu; Matthieu Rumeau


IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing | 2002

Interband calibration over clouds for POLDER space sensor

Bruno Lafrance; Olivier Hagolle; Bernard Bonnel; Yves Fouquart; Gérard Brogniez


Remote Sensing of Environment | 2017

Hyperspectral remote sensing of shallow waters: Considering environmental noise and bottom intra-class variability for modeling and inversion of water reflectance

Sylvain Jay; Mireille Guillaume; Audrey Minghelli; Yannick Deville; Malik Chami; Bruno Lafrance; Véronique Serfaty

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Bertrand Fougnie

Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales

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M. Herman

Goddard Space Flight Center

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Olivier Hagolle

Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales

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Olivier Hagolle

Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales

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Sylvain Jay

Aix-Marseille University

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