Dust transport model validation using satellite- And ground-based methods in the southwestern United States

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6299, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mahler, Anna Britt ^a   Thome, Kurt ^a   Yin, Dazhong ^a   Sprigg, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol optical thickness; DREAM; Dust transport; Lidar; Model evaluation; MODIS; Public health warning system

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS (AOT); DUST REGIONAL ATMOSPHERIC MODELING (DREAM) SYSTEM; DUST TRANSPORT; MODEL EVALUATION; MODIS; PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; DUST; PULMONARY DISEASES; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES;

PARTICULATE EMISSIONS;

EID: 33750561926     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.679868     Document Type: Conference Paper

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