Abstract
In Part 1 of this study1 it was shown theoretically that the aerosol size distribution may be derived from the single scattering radiance around a point source. In this paper preliminary results of aerosol size distribution derived by this method are presented. A solar blind radiometer designed and constructed for aureole measurements is described. It is shown that, if the light source is unobscured, a large systematic error may result, especially at small angles. This suggests the use of an obscured source. A comparison with the aerosol size distribution derived from transmittance measurements gives good agreement. A correlation is found between estimated visibility and aureole measurements.
© 1984 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Eli Trakhovsky and Uri P. Oppenheim
Appl. Opt. 23(7) 1003-1008 (1984)
A. Deepak, G. P. Box, and M. A. Box
Appl. Opt. 21(12) 2236-2243 (1982)
N. T. O’Neill and John R. Miller
Appl. Opt. 23(20) 3697-3704 (1984)