Introducing New Approaches for Dust Storms Detection Using Remote Sensing Technology

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 2439-2441

  El Askary, Hesham ^a   Kafatos, Menas ^a   Liu, Xue ^a   El Ghazawi, Tarek ^b  

^a George Mason University   (United States)

^b George Washington University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust Storms; MISR; MODIS; TMI; TOMS

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; DEFORESTATION; DUST; HEALTH HAZARDS; LAND USE; RADIOMETERS; SPECTROMETERS; STORMS;

DUST STORMS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0242541629     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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