Earth observing system AMI mission to earth

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1045-1055

  Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Herring, David D ^a   Jon Ranson, K ^a   James Collatz, G ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER); Aerosol; Anthropogenic forcing; Atmospheric chemistry; Biomass burning; Carbon cycle; Carbon dioxide; Climate

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; TROPOSPHERE; WEATHER SATELLITES;

EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM (EOS);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0032117022     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.700989     Document Type: Article

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