Regional comparison and assimilation of GOCART and MODIS aerosol optical depth across the eastern U.S

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Matsui, Toshihisa ^a   Kreidenweis, Sonia M ^a   Pielke Sr , Roger A ^a   Schichtel, Bret ^b   Yu, Hongbin ^c   Chin, Mian ^d   Chu, D Allen ^e   Niyogi, Dev ^f  

^a Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^f NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

0305 Atmospheric Composition and Structure: Aerosols and particles (0345, 4801); 1640 Global Change: Remote sensing; 3337 Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics: Numerical modeling and data assimilation; 5704 Planetology: Fluid Planets: Atmospheres Composition and chemistry

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIATION; RADIOMETERS; ROBOTICS; SPECTROMETERS; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); GODDARD CHEMISTRY RADIATION AND TRANSPORT (GOCART); INTERAGENCY MONITORING OF PROTECTED VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS (IMPROVE); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MODIS);

AEROSOLS; RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MODEL; OPTICAL DEPTH; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROMETER;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL RADIATION; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; INTEGRATED PRODUCTS; INTERAGENCY MONITORING OF PROTECTED VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; OPTIMAL INTERPOLATION;

EID: 13244271964     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021017     Document Type: Article

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