Global monitoring of air pollution over land from the Earth Observing System-Terra Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 108, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Chu, D A ^a,b   Kaufman, Y J ^b   Zibordi, G ^c   Chern, J D ^b   Mao, Jietai ^d   Li, Chengcai ^d   Holben, B N ^b  

^a SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aerosol properties; Air pollution; Satellite remote sensing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MODIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ASIA; BEIJING; CALIFORNIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; ITALY; LOS ANGELES; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1342289376     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002jd003179     Document Type: Article

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