Detection of volcanic ash clouds from Nimbus 7/total ozone mapping spectrometer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16749-16759

  Seftor, C J ^a   Hsu, N C ^a   Herman, J R ^b   Bhartia, P K ^b   Torres, O ^a   Rose, W I ^c   Schneider, D J ^c   Krotkov, N ^a  

^a HUGHES STX CORPORATION   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; NIMBUS-7; TOMS; VOLCANIC CLOUD;

EID: 0031397340     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jd00925     Document Type: Article

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