AVHRR remote sensing of aerosol optical properties in the Persian Gulf region, summer 1991

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16935-16946

  Nakajima, Teruyuki ^a   Higurashi, Akiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AEROSOLS; AVHRR; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING;

PERSIAN GULF;

EID: 0031422776     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd01935     Document Type: Article

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