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Sunphotometer Aerosol Optical Depth and Ozone - Australian field sites

Created 20/10/2024

Updated 20/10/2024

The acquisition of sunphotometer measurements are critical to capture vital data on atmospheric properties during airborne hyperspectral imaging campaigns as well as for measurements coinciding with the overpass of satellite sensors. The atmospheric properties measured are used in atmospheric correction of the remotely sensed image data. This data is primarily for input into atmospheric correction systems. It may also prove of use in validation of aerosol products such as MOD04 and the reflectance change method developed as part of CRC-SI project 4.1 which may be integrated into the Auscover 19 band reflectance product processing. It can also be used to check methods that produce water vapour directly from the data (SODA). The MicroTops instruments referred to here capture solar radiance data in 5 wavelengths which are used to extract information on aerosol optical thickness and water vapour content. These two key parameters of interest are used as inputs for the atmospheric correction of remotely sensed image data.

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Title Sunphotometer Aerosol Optical Depth and Ozone - Australian field sites
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/5b91fb75-d846-4aa9-8298-372000cda61d
Contact Point
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria
rebecca.farrell@des.qld.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/2011 - 19/08/2015
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[110.0, -44.5], [155.0, -44.5], [155.0, -9.5], [110.0, -9.5], [110.0, -44.5]]]}
Data Portal data.gov.au