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The Use of UV, Visible and Near IR Solar Back Scattered Radiation to Determine Trace Gases

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The Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Composition from Space

Part of the book series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments ((EARTH))

Abstract

Satellite remote sensing in the near-IR, visible and UV spectral range makes use of absorption and emission processes of electromagnetic radiation corresponding to electronic transitions, combined with simultaneous rotational-vibrational molecular transitions. One important difference compared to atmospheric observations in the microwave and thermal IR spectral range is that, usually thermal emission can be neglected at short wavelengths (there might, however, be emissions from, for example, excited gases in the high atmosphere). Thus the observed spectral signatures can be directly related to absorption spectra of atmospheric constituents. The neglect of emission terms makes the spectral analysis in the UV/vis spectral range usually reasonably straight forward. Another important and related advantage is that from satellite observations in the UV/vis spectral region, information from all atmospheric height layers (including the near surface layers) can be obtained. This makes UV/vis satellite observations a powerful tool for the monitoring of atmospheric pollution and for the characterisation and quantification of emission sources which are usually located close to the ground. It should, however, also be noted that, in contrast to observations in the microwave or thermal IR, usually little or no information on the vertical distribution of a trace gas is obtained.

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Richter, A., Wagner, T. (2011). The Use of UV, Visible and Near IR Solar Back Scattered Radiation to Determine Trace Gases. In: Burrows, J., Borrell, P., Platt, U. (eds) The Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Composition from Space. Physics of Earth and Space Environments. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14791-3_2

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