Aerosol modeling in the atmospheric correction of the remote sensing data. Selection effect of standard aerosol types and microphysical properties derived from AERONET on the surface reflectance

The main research field was the radiative transfer in the atmosphere principally for the atmospheric correction of multi/hyperspectral airborne and satellite data in the visible and infrared spectral range. Currently, the research is focused on the development of algorithm for OLI (Landsat 8) and Sentinel 2 sensors. The developed and in going algorithms are based on the Second Simulation of a Satellite Signal in the Solar Spectrum (6S and 6SV) atmospheric radiative transfer model. The last scientific and research activity is the analysis of the effects of the aerosol types (microphysical properties of the aerosol) on the surface reflectance obtained by the atmospheric correction. The last findings suggest that the aerosol type should be considered during the atmospheric correction processing to improve the accuracy of the retrieved surface reflectance and to study the energy exchange in the natural and anthropic ecosystems. Recently, the research activity is also focused on the shortwave net radiation retrieval from these data. This key parameter f or the energy exchange between the land and atmosphere is under investigation by exploiting the increased spatial resolution of the visible and near-infrared OLI and Sentinel 2 and 3 data.