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Abstract
The detected radiance of Channels 1 (0.58–0.68 μm) and 2 (0.725–1.10 μm) of the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA‐14 polar‐orbiting satellite was used for the remote sensing of optical depth over South China Sea. Two aerosol scattering phase functions were used to retrieve the optical depth of the aerosols. One is the marine aerosol model by Shettle (Shettle et al. 1979) and the other is the two‐term Henyey‐Greenstein model (Durkee et al. 1991). In our computation, Channel 4 (10.5–11.3 μm) data were used for cloud test. The change in the optical depth over South China Sea are presented in this paper and the wind field images form NOAA‐14 are used to explain the possible meteorology‐induced changes.
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The Ocean University of Qingdao, Qingdao, PRC.