Aerosol optical depth over land: Comparing AERONET, AVHRR and MODIS

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Hauser, Adrian ^a   Oesch, D ^a   Foppa, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA STRUCTURES; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; MAPS; SENSORS; WEATHER SATELLITES;

GLOBAL AEROSOL; OPTICAL DEPTH; SEASONAL MEAN MAPS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LAND SURFACE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE DATA;

EID: 27544461119     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023579     Document Type: Article

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