A use of two-channel radiances for an aerosol characterization from space

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3815-3818

  Nakajima, Teruyuki ^a   Higurashi, Akiko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE SIZE; ALGORITHMS; ARID REGIONS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITES;

AEROSOL CHARACTERIZATION; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL PARTICLE SIZES; AEROSOL PARTICLES; BIOMASS BURNING REGIONS; GLOBAL AEROSOL; NEW SATELLITES; TWO-CHANNEL ALGORITHMS;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

ANGSTROM EXPONENT;

EID: 0032180820     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02151     Document Type: Article

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