Development of a global validation package for satellite oceanic aerosol optical thickness retrieval based on AERONET observations and its application to NOAA/NESDIS operational aerosol retrievals

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 294-312

  Zhao, Tom X P ^a   Stowe, Larry L ^a   Smirnov, Alexander ^b   Crosby, David ^a   Sapper, John ^c   McClain, Charles R ^d  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL MODELS; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS RETRIEVAL; AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL REMOTE SENSING; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES; GLOBAL VALIDATION; GROUND TRUTH; INTERCOMPARISONS; NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION; NUMERICAL SCHEME; OBSERVATION DATA; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; OPERATIONAL ALGORITHMS; RADIANT ENERGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE CHANNEL; SENSITIVITY STUDIES; TIME-SPACE; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; VISIBLE INFRARED SCANNERS; WAVELENGTH EXPONENT;

ALGORITHMS; INFORMATION SERVICES; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM ERRORS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SCANNING; SEARCH ENGINES;

AEROSOLS;

CERES;

EID: 0036326685     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059%3C0294%3ADOAGVP%3E2.0.C     Document Type: Article

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