Importance of the parallel polarization radiance for estimating inorganic particle concentrations in turbid waters based on radiative transfer simulations
Importance of the parallel polarization radiance for estimating inorganic particle concentrations in turbid waters based on radiative transfer simulations
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平行偏振辐射率对于基于辐射传输模拟估算浑浊水中无机颗粒浓度的重要性
DOI:
10.1080/01431161.2020.1727059
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发表时间:
2020
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Pan Delu
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作者:
Liu Jia;Hu Bingliang;He Xianqiang;Bai Yan;Tian Liqiao;Chen Tieqiao;Wang Yihao;Pan Delu
ABSTRACT Contemporary ocean colour radiometers and inversion algorithms to derive optical properties and oceanic constituents rely only on the scalar treatment of water-leaving radiance (L w). However, L w polarization components, which contain embedded hydrosol information, have been largely neglected. Here, we examine L w polarization characteristics, based on vector radiative transfer (RT) simulation, for determining suspended particulate matter in highly turbid waters. The RT simulations show that parallel polarization radiance (PPR) can improve the retrieval of L w, with a higher relative fraction of ocean colour signal to total radiance (I oc/I t) than the total intensity (I). Moreover, the reflectance for PPR ( ), compared with that for I, is more sensitive to inorganic particle concentration (IPC) variations, particularly those in the red and NIR bands. Additionally, displays significant directional and spectral variations with respect to geometrical conditions, and the maximum (~10%) is highly peaked at 555 nm in the solar plane. Furthermore, the superiority of PPR to retrieve IPCs, based on the back propagation neural network, was discussed with a very high determination coefficient. Significant improvements in inversion accuracy were observed for PPR with a lower relative deviation (0.901%) than I (3.740%). This study highlights that PPR might be used as an alternative approach to retrieve L w and thus to derive biogeochemical parameters, particularly in turbid coastal waters.