Detection of dust over deserts using satellite data in the solar wavelengths

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 38, Issue 1 II, 2000, Pages 525-531

  Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Karnieli, Arnon ^b   Tanré, Didier ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DATA REDUCTION; DUST; LIGHT REFLECTION; SATELLITES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DESERT DUSTS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0033874784     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/36.823947     Document Type: Article

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