Operational remote sensing of tropospheric aerosol over land from EOS moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 17051-17067

  Kaufman, Y J ^a   Tanre D ^b   Remer, L A ^a   Vermote, E F ^a   Chu, A ^a   Holben, B N ^a  

^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; ALGORITHM; EOS; LAND SURFACE; MODIS; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 0031451574     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd03988     Document Type: Article

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