THE ANALYSIS OF ADEOS / POLDER DATA

We have made the cross calibration in terms of space reflectance between POLDER and OCTS sensors on board ADEOS satellite, using the POLDER and OCTS data acquired simultaneously on April 24, 1997. The space reflectance values for the same target computed from the POLDER and OCTS data are in very good agreement, when we adopted the new calibration coefficients of OCTS suggested by the vicarious experiment by NASDA. Then, we estimated aerosol parameters for several target areas (two areas in the Sea of Japan and three in the Pacific Ocean) from ADEOS/POLDER's directional reflectance and polarization data in 760nm and 865nm bands. A single atmospheric layer model with an isotropic Gaussian type ocean surface (Cox-Munk model) was assumed in this study.