title: Inferring aerosol layer properties from the spatial structure of satellite images.
abstract: Scattering from atmospheric aerosols causes blurring of satellite images. A study of this effect suggests that it might be possible to evaluate aerosol properties from these images. We consider an aerosol layer superimposed on a surface with a one-dimensional sinusoidal variation in reflectivity and with a half-plane reflectivity variation. A single scattering approximation is used to show that information about the aerosol layer height and optical depth can be extracted provided the variation in ground reflectivity is known.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bulgarelli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gabella
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Perona