The Relative Importance of Aerosol Scattering and Absorption in Remote Sensing

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn GE-23, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 625-633

  Fraser, Robert S ^a   Kaufman, Yoram J ^a,b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; SATELLITES - REMOTE SENSING;

OPTICAL IMAGING/MAPPING; OPTICAL RADIO PROPAGATION METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; TERRAIN MAPPING;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 0022120577     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.1985.289380     Document Type: Article

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