Iterative inverse radiative transfer method to estimate optical thickness and surface albedo
- 1 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
- Vol. 19 (3-5) , 357-385
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00411459008203896
Abstract
An iterative algorithm is proposed for simultaneously estimating the optical thickness of a homogeneous, plane-parallel medium and the albedo of an obscured underlying surface. Only remote measurements outside the medium are required of the ingoing and outgoing radiance. The method incorporates analytically-computed first derivatives of the unknowns that are obtained from the Fn method of transport theory. The ill-posed nature of the problem is quantified in terms of sensitivity coefficients.Keywords
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