Intercomparison of smoke aerosol optical thickness derived from GOES 8 imager and ground-based Sun photometers

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D7, 2001, Pages 7387-7397

  Zhang, Jianglong ^a   Christopher, Sundar A ^a   Holben, Brent N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALBEDO; GOES; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SMOKE;

CHILE; CONCEPCION; DRY TORTUGAS; GULF OF MEXICO;

EID: 0034963467     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD900540     Document Type: Article

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