Retrieval of aerosol optical thickness over land using the ATSR-2 dual-look satellite radiometer

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 351-354

  Flowerdew, Roland J ^a,b   Haigh, Joanna D ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VEGA Group PLC   (United Kingdom)

^c Blackett Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; ATSR-2; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SATELLITE RADIOMETER; VEGETATION CANOPY;

EID: 0029776193     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00153     Document Type: Article

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