Detection of dust plumes and their sources in northeastern Libya

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 792-796

  Koren, Ilan ^a,b   Joseph, Joachim H ^c   Israelevich, Peter ^c  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MORPHOLOGY; RADAR IMAGING; RAIN; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

DUST PLUMES; HOMOGENIZATION; RADIATIVE BALANCE; SAHARAN AIR LAYER (SAL);

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 2942603413     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m03-036     Document Type: Article

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