Two channels of the Cloud Aerosol Polarimetric Imager,onboard the TanSat-Chinese carbon dioxide observation satellite,are designed to detect the polarization state of radiation reflected by the earth-atmosphere system in a single-viewing angle.Aiming to understand how the earth and atmospheric parameters affect the polarization state of radiation,we conduct a sensitivity analysis of the polarized reflectance at the top of atmosphere(TOA)with respect to the aerosol microphysical parameters,atmospheric profiles,and surface polarization properties.It is found that(1)the TOA polarization reflectance at 0.66 lm is most sensitive to the real part of the aerosol complex refractive index,the mean radius of the fine mode aerosol particles,as well as atmospheric pressure and temperature profiles;(2)the TOA polarization reflectance at 1.64 lm is sensitive to the volume ratio between the coarse mode and fine mode particles as well,but it is not sensitive to atmospheric profiles;and(3)surface polarization properties have a relatively weak influence on the TOA polarization reflectance at both 0.66 and 1.64 lm.
The total column-averaged volume mixing ratio of atmospheric carbon dioxide(XCO2)has been retrieved with high spectral resolution solar absorption data obtained from ground-based Fourier transform spectrometer(FTS)measurements at Xichong,a coastal site in the district of Shenzhen in southern China.Based on differential optical absorption spectroscopy(DOAS)theory,the XCO2was retrieved by finding the best match of observed high spectral resolution solar absorption data and monochromatic radiation transfer model calculations.The averaged XCO2in the whole observation period was about 394.9 ppm.The uncertainty of the retrieval was estimated to be 2.0 ppm(0.51%)by comparing retrievals at two bands.The preliminary results show that XCO2retrieved by this method can be used to validate satellite remote sensing of XCO2:
Jian LiChengcai LiJietai MaoDongwei YangDong WangLin MeiGuangming ShiYefang WangXia Mao
The hygroscopic properties of mixed aerosol particles are crucial for the application of remote sensing products of aerosol optical parameters in the study of air quality and climate at multiple scales. In this study, the authors investigated aerosol optical properties as a function of relative humidity (RH) for two representative metropolises: Beijing and Hong Kong. In addition to the RH data, mass concentrations of PM 10 (particulate matter up to 10 μm in diameter) and aerosol scattering extinction coefficient (σ ext ) data were used. The relationship between the mass scattering extinction efficiency (MEE, defined as σ ext /PM 10 ) and RH can be expressed by regression functions as f = 1.52x + 0.29 (r2 = 0.77), f = 1.42x + 1.53 (r2 = 0.58), f = 1.19x + 0.65 (r2 = 0.59), and f = 1.58x + 1.30 (r2 = 0.61) for spring, summer, autumn, and winter, respectively, in Beijing. Here, f represents MEE, x represents 1/(1 RH), and the coefficients of determination are pre- sented in parentheses. Conversely, in Hong Kong, the corresponding functions are f = 1.98x 1.40 (r2 = 0.55), f = 1.32x 0.36 (r2 = 0.26), f = 1.87x 0.65 (r2 = 0.64), and f = 2.39x 1.47 (r2 = 0.72), respectively. The MEE values for Hong Kong at high RHs (RH > 70%) are higher than those for Beijing, except in summer; this suggests that aerosols in Hong Kong are more hygroscopic than those in Beijing for the other three seasons, but the aerosol hygroscopicity is similarly high in summer over both cities. This study describes the effects of moisture on aerosol scattering extinction coefficients and provides a potential method of studying atmospheric visibility and groundlevel air quality using some of the optical remote sensing products of satellites.
LI Cheng-CaiHE XiuDENG Zhao-ZeAlexis Kai-Hon LAULI Ying
