Remote sensing of aerosols over land surfaces including polarization measurements and application to POLDER measurements

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 17039-17049

  Herman, M ^a,c   Deuze J L ^a,c   Devaux, C ^a,c   Goloub, P ^a,c   Breon F M ^b   Tanre D ^a,c  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND SURFACE; POLARIZATION PROPERTIES; POLDER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE INSTRUMENT;

EID: 0031438071     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02109     Document Type: Article

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