POLDER是第一个可以获取全球气溶胶偏振信息的遥感仪器。自POLDER以来,人类在气溶胶偏振遥感探测方面取得 重大进展,发展了POLDER和Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor(APS)两个重要的气溶胶偏振探测系列的传感 器,分别代表了欧洲与美国在偏振探测气溶胶方面的成就。并在这些传感器的基础上研究了气溶胶反演 的方法,取得了众多成果。在研究POLDER系列和APS系列的发展进程基础上,分析和总结了气溶胶探测仪 器与偏振反演算法的发展状况。另外,对中国偏振气溶胶探测的发展,特别是针对安徽光机所研制的多角 度偏振成像仪(Directional Polarimetric Camera, DPC)和多角度偏振辐射计(Atmosphere Multi-angle Polarization Radiometer, AMPR)进行了介绍,指出中国气溶胶偏振探测发展的特点。

POLDER is the first global polarization sensor to detect the aerosol. From then on, great improvements have been made on polarization remote sensing of aerosol. POLDER and Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS) are two typical detectors of Europe and America. Based on these detectors, lots of retrieval methods were developed. The development of POLDER, APS and their related retrieval method were arranged and analyzed. Then, polarized detection of aerosol in China, and the typical sensors, the Directional Polarimetric Camera (DPC) and the Advanced Atmosphere Multi-angle Polarization Radiometer (AMPR) were introduced. At last, the characteristics of Chinese development in polarization remote sensing were discussed.