Evaluation of the MODIS aerosol retrievals over ocean and land during CLAMS

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 974-992

  Levy, Robert C ^a,b,c   Remer, L A ^a   Martins, J V ^a,d   Kaufman, Y J ^a   Plana Fattori, A ^a,d,e   Redemann, J ^f,g   Wenny, B ^h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f BAY AREA ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^h NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMODULATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHTHOUSES; PHOTOMETERS; RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETERS (MODIS); NEAR-INFRARED (NIR); PHOTOMETER MEASUREMENTS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; MODIS;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CERES;

EID: 18544368509     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3391.1     Document Type: Article

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