Influence of ground scattering on satellite auroral observations
- 15 June 1978
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 17 (12) , 1898-904
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.17.001898
Abstract
Satellite observations of the optical emission features in the aurora and nighttime airglow are usually contaminated by scattering from clouds and snow. It is shown here that this contamination can easily be removed when the emission layer is viewed against a surface of known albedo. The effect of the earth's curvature, parallax, and varying image angle are found to be significant but can be removed from the observation.Keywords
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