Cloud and aerosol properties, precipitable water, and profiles of temperature and water vapor from MODIS

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 442-458

  King, Michael D ^a   Menzel, W Paul ^b   Kaufman, Yoram J ^a   Tanré, Didier ^c   Gao, Bo Cai ^d   Platnick, Steven ^a   Ackerman, Steven A ^b   Remer, Lorraine A ^a   Pincus, Robert ^e   Hubanks, Paul A ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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

^d NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Aqua; Clouds; Meteorology; Remote sensing; Satellite applications; Terra; Terrestrial atmosphere; Water vapor

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; SENSORS; VAPORS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

WATER VAPORS;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 0037936847     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2002.808226     Document Type: Review

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