Size distribution determination of aerosols using hyperspectral image technology and analytics

A method for aerosol distribution determination, comprising:

• emitting, by a set of light emitters, electromagnetic radiation;
• capturing, by a hyperspectral imaging camera, hyperspectral images of the electromagnetic radiation in an absence of and in a presence of an aerosol distribution;
• and
• determining, by a data processing system, at least one of a size, a vertical density distribution, and a shape of particles in the aerosol distribution based on a spectral response, an angular distribution, and a polarization of the aerosol distribution derived using the hyperspectral images.

A computer program product for aerosol distribution determination, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:

• emitting, by a set of light emitters, electromagnetic radiation;
• capturing, by a hyperspectral imaging camera, hyperspectral images of the electromagnetic radiation in an absence of and in a presence of an aerosol distribution;
• and
• determining, by a data processing system, at least one of a size, a vertical density distribution, and a shape of particles in the aerosol distribution based on a spectral response, an angular distribution, and a polarization of the aerosol distribution derived using the hyperspectral images.