On the molecular-aerosol scattering coupling in remote sensing of aerosol from space

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1536-1541

  Rozanov, Vladimir V ^a   Kokhanovsky, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Radiative transfer; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; EQUATIONS OF STATE; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

NIR TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL THICKNESS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE SIGNALS;

AEROSOLS;

EID: 23844530913     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2005.846859     Document Type: Article

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