BAER Processor Overview |
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The purpose of the BAER processor is to implement Integrated BAER algorithm (IBAER) which estimates the surface reflectances and two parameters that allow to characterise the aerosols contained in the atmosphere from MERIS Level-2 data. The processor is applicable to both, MERIS Level-2 full and reduced resolution data.
The parameters derived by the algorithm and variables estimated are:
Von Hoyningen-Huene, W., Kokhanovsky, Burrows, J.P., Berthelot, B., Regner, P., Baret, F. (2005) Aerosol optical thickness retrieval over land: The atmospheric correction based on MERIS L2 reflectance. Proc. of MERIS/AATSR Workshop 2005, ESA ESRIN 26.-30. Sept. 2005, ESA SP-597, Dec. 2005.
Documentation provided for the BAER processor on the BEAM plug-ins page.
More information about the MERIS BAER processor implementation can be found in these chapters: