Application of geostationary satellite observations for monitoring dust storms of Asia

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 825-837

  Liu, Gin Rong ^a   Lin, Tang Huang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air quality; Dust storm; GMS

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; DUST STORM; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; MONITORING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WORLD;

EID: 13844254865     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2004.15.5.825(ADSE)     Document Type: Article

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