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CHAPTER 2<br />

REVIEW OF APPROACHES FOR DETECTING SMOKE AND DUST<br />

AEROSOLS<br />

In the past, several approaches for detecting smoke <strong>and</strong> dust aerosols using satellite<br />

remote sensing measurements have been developed, tested, <strong>and</strong> validated based on the<br />

different techniques. This chapter focuses on the review <strong>of</strong> different approaches so as to<br />

find their physical principles, <strong>and</strong> their advantages <strong>and</strong> limitations, which are beneficial<br />

for the development <strong>of</strong> a new robust algorithm.<br />

2.1 Approaches <strong>of</strong> <strong>Smoke</strong> Aerosol <strong>Detection</strong><br />

<strong>Smoke</strong> plume from biomass burning can generate forcing <strong>of</strong> climate by changing<br />

cloud microphysics <strong>and</strong> reflectance <strong>of</strong> sunlight (Kaufman <strong>and</strong> Fraser, 1997). The smoke<br />

particle is a good scatter <strong>of</strong> sunlight in visible spectrum <strong>and</strong> therefore reduces the visual<br />

visibility. There are two kinds <strong>of</strong> climatic impacts by smoke: one is warming effect on the<br />

atmosphere because smoke acts like greenhouse gases, <strong>and</strong> the other is cooling effect<br />

because smoke particulate is an excellent absorber <strong>and</strong> scatter <strong>of</strong> incoming solar radiation<br />

(Li, 1998).<br />

<strong>Satellite</strong> remote sensing has been demonstrated as a feasible tool for the<br />

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