Rotational Raman scattering in the Earth's atmosphere ... - SRON
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Accurate model<strong>in</strong>g of spectral f<strong>in</strong>e-structure <strong>in</strong> Earth radiance spectra measured with GOME 91<br />
Figure 4.5: Undersampl<strong>in</strong>g error <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Earth’s radiance spectrum for (a) <strong>the</strong> sampl<strong>in</strong>g of GOME and (b)<br />
2× <strong>the</strong> sampl<strong>in</strong>g of GOME.<br />
function and <strong>the</strong> sampl<strong>in</strong>g function <strong>in</strong> Eq. (4.7) need to be known separately. In general, this is not <strong>the</strong><br />
case for GOME-type spectrometers, which makes our approach particularly useful for <strong>the</strong> analysis of<br />
measurements by this type of spectrometer. Ano<strong>the</strong>r advantage is that uneven sampl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> wavelength<br />
space can be taken <strong>in</strong>to account <strong>in</strong> an uncomplicated way.<br />
4.4.3 Simulation of GOME earthsh<strong>in</strong>e measurements<br />
To demonstrate <strong>the</strong> use of <strong>the</strong> retrieved solar spectrum x for an accurate simulation of GOME Earth<br />
radiance spectra, we consider <strong>the</strong> measurements of two GOME orbits. The first orbit (ERS-2 orbit<br />
number 80702165) went over North America and <strong>the</strong> Pacific Ocean on 2 July, 1998, <strong>the</strong> second orbit<br />
(ERS-2 orbit number 81003031) went over Eastern Asia and <strong>the</strong> Indian Ocean on 10 October, 1998.<br />
We retrieved a solar spectrum on a 1 cm −1 grid from <strong>the</strong> direct solar measurements belong<strong>in</strong>g to both<br />
orbits. Subsequently, those two spectra were used to simulate <strong>the</strong> GOME earthsh<strong>in</strong>e spectra <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />
390–400 nm range. We restrict our study to cloud-free observations and moderate solar zenith angles,<br />
i.e. < 70 ◦ . The data were selected by us<strong>in</strong>g a cloud filter that was based on measurements by <strong>the</strong><br />
polarization measurement devices of GOME [Krijger et al., 2005].<br />
Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, we determ<strong>in</strong>ed a wavelength dependent Lambertian surface albedo from <strong>the</strong> GOME<br />
earthsh<strong>in</strong>e measurements by us<strong>in</strong>g a nonl<strong>in</strong>ear least-square fitt<strong>in</strong>g procedure. The albedo was assumed<br />
to be l<strong>in</strong>early dependent on wavelength for <strong>the</strong> selected spectral range. This approach also accounted<br />
for <strong>the</strong> presence of aerosols <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> observed scene. In addition, a wavelength shift ∆λ between <strong>the</strong><br />
earthsh<strong>in</strong>e and solar spectrum was fitted <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>strument response function <strong>in</strong> Eq. (4.9) to compensate