Daytime and nighttime detection of mineral dust over desert using infrared spectral contrast

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 103, Issue D24, 1998, Pages 32307-32313

  Wald, A E ^a,b   Kaufman, Y J ^b   Tanre D ^c   Gao, B C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; DESERT; DUST; EOS;

EID: 0032573736     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98JD01454     Document Type: Article

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