Strategy for direct and indirect methods for correcting the aerosol effect on remote sensing: From AVHRR to EOS-MODIS

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-79

  Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Tanré, Didier ^b  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL CORRECTION; ARVI; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL; EOS-MODIS; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION INDEX;

EID: 0029667322     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(95)00193-X     Document Type: Article

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