Development of a two-channel aerosol retrieval algorithm on a global scale using NOAA AVHRR

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 924-941

  Higurashi, Akiko ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; TABLE LOOKUP;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETERS (AVHRR); SOIL DERIVED PARTICLES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; RADIANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0033117032     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<0924:DOATCA>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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