Distinguishing tropospheric aerosols from thin cirrus clouds for improved aerosol retrievals using the ratio of 1.38-μm and 1.24-μm channels

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2002, Pages

  Gao, Bo Cai ^a   Kaufman, Yoram J ^b   Tanre, Didier ^c   Li, Rong Rong ^d  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^d SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NASA; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL PRODUCT; AEROSOL RETRIEVAL; CIRRUS CLOUDS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTICHANNEL DATA; SATELLITE CHANNEL; THIN CIRRUS; TROPOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CLOUDS;

EID: 0037107309     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002GL015475     Document Type: Article

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