Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, and Water Vapor Properties from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS)

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 2-27

  King, Michael D ^a   Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Menzel, W Paul ^b   Tanré, Didier ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^c Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS - ATMOSPHERIC; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SPECTROMETERS; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTROMETER; MODIS SPECTROMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; THERMAL EMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 0026679391     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: 15580644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.124212     Document Type: Letter

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