Comparison of columnar aerosol optical properties measured by the MODIS airborne simulator with in situ measurements: A case study

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 138-152

  Gassó, Santiago ^a   Hegg, Dean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; INTERPOLATION; OPTICAL RADAR; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIMULATORS; TABLE LOOKUP;

MODIS AIRBORNE SIMULATOR; SCATTERING COEFFICIENT;

REMOTE SENSING;

AEROSOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY;

EID: 0032207569     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(98)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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