An Improved Method for Estimating Aerosol Optical Thickness

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1、ANIMPROVEDMETHODFORESTIMATINGAEROSOLOPTICALTHICKNESSFROMARTIFICIALLIGHTSOURCESOBSERVEDBYTHEVISIBLE/INFRAREDIMAGINGRADIOMETERSUITEDAY/NIGHTBANDbyTheodoreMitchellMcHardyBachelorofScience,CornellUniversity,2013AThesisSubmittedtotheGraduateFacultyoftheUniversityofNorthDa

2、kotainpartialfulllmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeofMasterofScienceGrandForks,NorthDakotaDecember2015ProQuestNumber:10003519AllrightsreservedINFORMATIONTOALLUSERSThequalityofthisreproductionisdependentuponthequalityofthecopysubmitted.Intheunlikelyeventthattheauthor

3、didnotsendacompletemanuscriptandtherearemissingpages,thesewillbenoted.Also,ifmaterialhadtoberemoved,anotewillindicatethedeletion.ProQuest10003519PublishedbyProQuestLLC(2016).CopyrightoftheDissertationisheldbytheAuthor.Allrightsreserved.Thisworkisprotectedagainstunaut

4、horizedcopyingunderTitle17,UnitedStatesCodeMicroformEdition©ProQuestLLC.ProQuestLLC.789EastEisenhowerParkwayP.O.Box1346AnnArbor,MI48106-1346Thisthesis,submittedbyTheodoreMitchellMcHardyinpartialfulllmentoftherequirementsfortheDegreeofMasterofSciencefromtheUniversity

5、ofNorthDakota,hasbeenreadbytheFacultyAdvisoryCommitteeunderwhomtheworkhasbeendoneandisherebyapproved.Dr.JianglongZhangDr.EdwardHyerDr.AaronKennedyThisthesisisbeingsubmittedbytheappointedadvisorycommitteeashavingmetalloftherequirementsoftheSchoolofGraduateStudiesatthe

6、UniversityofNorthDakotaandisherebyapproved.WayneSwisherDeanoftheSchoolofGraduateStudiesDateiiPERMISSIONTitleAnImprovedMethodforEstimatingAerosolOpticalThicknessfromArticialLightSourcesObservedbytheVisible/InfraredImagingRadiometerSuiteDay/NightBandDepartmentAtmosphe

7、ricSciencesDegreeMasterofScienceInpresentingthisthesisinpartialfulllmentoftherequirementsforagraduatedegreefromtheUniversityofNorthDakota,IagreethatthelibraryofthisUniversityshallmakeitfreelyavailableforinspection.Ifurtheragreethatpermissionforextensivecopyingforsch

8、olarlypurposesmaybegrantedbytheprofessorwhosupervisedmythesisworkor,inherabsence,bytheChairpersonofthedepartmentorthedeanoftheSchoo