On the retrieval of columnar aerosol mass and CCN concentration by MODIS

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Gassó, Santiago ^a   Hegg, Dean A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol mass; CCN; MODIS; Validation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEUS; MASS; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 0346639241     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd002382     Document Type: Article

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