Use of TOMS data to correct the Saharan dust effects on SST retrievals from satellite

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 2175-2180

  Arbelo, M ^a   Podesta G P ^b   Hernandez Leal P A ^a   Diaz J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DUST; IMAGE SENSORS; OZONE; SATELLITES; SEA LEVEL; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AIRBORNE PLUMES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AVHRR; CORRECTION; DUST; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE SENSOR; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TOMS;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 0346154917     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(03)90540-0     Document Type: Article

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