Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(24), P. 4659 - 4659
Published: Dec. 12, 2024
Aerosol
optical
and
microphysical
properties
determine
their
radiative
capabilities,
climatic
impacts,
health
effects.
Satellite
remote
sensing
is
a
crucial
tool
for
obtaining
aerosol
parameters
on
global
scale.
However,
traditional
physical
statistical
retrieval
methods
face
bottlenecks
in
data
mining
capacity
as
the
volume
of
satellite
observation
information
increases
rapidly.
Artificial
intelligence
are
increasingly
applied
to
parameter
retrieval,
yet
most
current
approaches
focus
end-to-end
single-parameter
without
considering
inherent
relationships
among
multiple
properties.
In
this
study,
we
propose
sequence-to-sequence
joint
algorithm
based
transformer
model
S2STM.
Unlike
conventional
methods,
leverages
encoding–decoding
capabilities
model,
coupling
multi-source
such
polarized
satellite,
meteorological,
surface
characteristics,
incorporates
physically
coherent
consistency
loss
function.
This
approach
transforms
numerical
regression
into
relationship
mapping.
We
observations
from
Chinese
polarimetric
(the
Particulate
Observing
Scanning
Polarimeter,
POSP)
simultaneously
retrieved
key
parameters.
Event
analyses,
including
dust
pollution
episodes,
demonstrate
method’s
responsiveness
hotspot
regions
events.
The
results
show
good
agreement
with
ground-based
products.
method
also
adaptable
instruments
various
configurations
(e.g.,
multi-wavelength,
multi-angle,
multi-dimensional
polarization)
can
further
improve
its
spatiotemporal
generalization
performance
by
enhancing
spatial
balance
ground
station
training
datasets.
Geophysical Research Letters,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
52(3)
Published: Jan. 30, 2025
Abstract
Observations
on
cloud
geometric
thickness
are
crucial
for
understanding
the
radiative
balance
and
aerosol
indirect
effects,
currently,
retrieval
studies
passive
instruments
remain
constrained
due
to
lack
of
incident
radiation
penetrability.
In
this
work,
we
firstly
analyze
relationship
between
droplets
distribution
penetrability
based
physical
model,
then
fully
utilize
advantages
hyperspectral
O
4
measurements
build
a
physically
machine
learning
model
retrieve
thickness.
The
algorithm
retrieves
from
TROPOMI
observations
first
time,
retrievals
compared
with
active
observations.
It
is
found
that
mean
absolute
error
using
2B‐CLDPROF‐LIDAR
cloud‐top
height
as
input
0.49
km,
which
shows
potential
band
Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
17(8), P. 1415 - 1415
Published: April 16, 2025
The
Directional
Polarimetric
Camera
(DPC)
aboard
the
Chinese
GaoFen-5
02
satellite
is
designed
to
monitor
aerosols
and
particulate
matter
(PM).
In
this
study,
we
retrieved
aerosol
optical
depth
(AOD)
over
Jing–Jin–Ji
(JJJ)
region
using
multi-angle
data
from
DPC,
employing
a
combination
of
dark
dense
vegetation
(DDV)
retrieval
methods.
added
value
our
method
included
novel
hybrid
methodology
good
practical
performance.
process
involves
three
main
steps:
(1)
deriving
AOD
DPC
collected
at
nadir
angle
linear
parameters
land
surface
reflectance
between
blue
red
bands
MOD09
product;
(2)
after
performing
atmospheric
correction
with
AOD,
calculating
variance
normalized
all
observation
angles;
(3)
leveraging
calculated
obtain
final
values.
images
JJJ
were
successfully
January
June
2022.
To
validate
method,
compared
results
products
AErosol
RObotic
NETwork
(AERONET)
Beijing-RADI
site,
as
well
MODerate-resolution
Imaging
Spectroradiometer
(MODIS)
generalized
atmosphere
properties
(GRASP)/models
same
site.
terms
validation
metrics,
correlation
coefficient
(R2)
root
mean
square
error
(RMSE)
indicated
that
achieved
high
accuracy,
an
R2
greater
than
0.9
RMSE
below
0.1,
closely
aligning
performance
GRASP.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
62, P. 1 - 11
Published: Jan. 1, 2024
Remote
sensing
of
cloud
properties
based
on
multispectral
or
hyperspectral
observations
from
satellites
is
important
for
earth
radiation
budget
and
climate
change
studies.
Currently,
most
retrieval
algorithms
the
measurements
are
developed
O
2
-A
band
to
derive
optical
thickness
(COT)
top
height
(CTH)
via
optimal
estimation
theory.
Nevertheless,
there
few
studies
COT
CTH
using
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">4
band,
where
direct
computation
slant
column
density
spectral
information
in
blue
provide
a
faster
yet
flexible
inversion
strategy.
In
this
study,
we
develop
novel
algorithm
neural
networks
(CRANN-O4)
simultaneous
derivation
CTH.
CRANN-O4
employs
transfer
learning
strategy
that
combines
radiative
model
(RTM)
multisource
satellite
data,
which
deep
network
module
pretrained
simulation
data
RTM
enhance
its
adaptability
interpretability,
following
fine-tuning
scheme
data.
To
evaluate
performance,
apply
TROPOMI
make
an
intercomparison
with
official
products,
generated
band.
The
results
indicate
CRANN-O4-derived
spatial
distributions
generally
similar
product
but
more
consistent
SNPP-VIIRS
product.
RMSEs
derived
by
approximately
15.88
2.33
km,
respectively,
while
those
20.85
3.00
respectively.
addition,
validation
CALIOP
demonstrates
better
agreement
than
product,
RMSE
decreasing
2.7
km
2.2
km.
methodology
presented
study
provides
innovative
insight
into
parameter
instruments
channels,
such
as
FY-3F/OMS.
Atmosphere,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(5), P. 564 - 564
Published: April 30, 2024
Machine
learning
methods
have
been
recognized
as
rapid
for
satellite-based
aerosol
retrievals
but
not
widely
applied
in
geostationary
satellites.
In
this
study,
we
developed
a
wide
and
deep
model
to
retrieve
the
optical
depth
(AOD)
using
Himawari-8.
Compared
traditional
methods,
embedded
“wide”
modeling
component
tested
proposed
across
China
independent
training
(2016–2018)
test
(2019)
datasets.
The
results
showed
that
improves
accuracy
enhances
interpretability.
estimates
exhibited
better
(R2
=
0.81,
root-mean-square
errors
(RMSEs)
0.19,
within
estimated
error
(EE)
63%)
than
those
of
deep-only
models
0.78,
RMSE
0.21,
EE
58%).
comparison
with
extreme
gradient
boosting
(XGBoost)
Himawari-8
V2.1
AOD
products,
there
were
also
significant
improvements.
addition
higher
accuracy,
interpretability
was
superior
model.
other
seasons,
contributions
spring
concentrations
interpreted.
Based
on
application
model,
near-real-time
variation
over
could
be
captured
an
ultrafine
temporal
resolution.