A study of global aerosol optical climatology with two-channel AVHRR remote sensing

Journal of Climate

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2011-2027

  Higurashi, Akiko ^a   Nakajima, Teruyuki ^b   Holben, Brent N ^c   Smirnov, Alexander ^c   Frouin, Robert ^d   Chatenet, Bernadette ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REMOTE SENSING; WEATHER SATELLITES;

ADVANCED VERY HIGH RESOLUTION RADIOMETER; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; AVHRR; CLIMATOLOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0034209965     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2000)013<2011:ASOGAO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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