Aerosol optical depth spatio-temporal characterization over the Canadian BOREAS domain

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 2903-2917

  Bertrand, C ^a   Royer, A ^b  

^a ROYAL METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF BELGIUM   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ALGORITHMS; CLIMATOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAKES; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); DENSE DARK VEGETATION (DDV);

RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; AVHRR; NOAA SATELLITE; OPTICAL DEPTH; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3242776944     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160310001632657     Document Type: Article

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