Aerosol retrievals from individual AVHRR channels. Part II: Quality control, probability distribution functions, information content, and consistency checks of retrievals

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 335-362

  Ignatov, Alexander ^a   Stowe, Larry ^a  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL; CONSISTENCY CHECKS; DATA SETS; GEOGRAPHICAL TRENDS; INFORMATION CONTENTS; INLAND WATERS; LOG-NORMAL; LOW BIAS; MISREGISTRATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; RETRIEVAL MODELS; SATELLITE SIGNALS; SCATTERGRAMS; SOLAR SPECTRUM;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUALITY CONTROL;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 0036323728     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059%3C0335%3AARFIAC%3E2.0.C     Document Type: Article

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