| Session Details | |
| Section | AS - Atmospheric Sciences |
| Session Title | Advances In Optical Remote Sensing Of Atmosphere |
| Main Convener | Dr. Wenbo Sun (Science Systems and Applications, Inc., United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Yongxiang Hu (NASA Langley Research Center, United States) Prof. Sivakumar Venkataraman (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) Prof. Hassan Bencherif (Universite de la Reunion, Reunion) Prof. A. Jayaraman (National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, India) |
| Session Description | Space-borne passive and active remote-sensing techniques and theories for measuring atmospheric compositions have advanced rapidly in recent years. Remote sensing techniques provide global measurements of atmospheric components, such as cloud and aerosol particles, and other environment parameters, including ocean surface roughness and large-scale geographic features. Fundamental atmospheric physics, such as light scattering and radiative transfer in the atmosphere, is critical for the comprehension of remotely sensed data. Observation, validation, and theoretical simulation are highly integrated components of atmospheric remote sensing. This AOGS session will tackle all these topics in order to seek the trend and novel developments in the optical atmospheric remote sensing field. New techniques such as passive spectral and polarimetric measurements of the atmospheric compositions, active instrument detection of aerosols or gases, and latest development in radiative transfer and light scattering modeling, are especially welcomed, which include: • Different remote sensing techniques (both Active and Passive) • New remote sensing techniques and developments, • Satellite and Ground based measurements/Validation • Studies related to aerosols, clouds, water vapour, ozone and etc., • Air pollution and pollutant measurements • Climatology and seasonal variability. |