Consistency of global MODIS aerosol optical depths over ocean on Terra and Aqua CERES SSF data sets

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Ignatov, Alexander ^a   Minnis, Patrick ^b   Miller, Walter F ^b,c   Wielicki, Bruce A ^b   Remer, Lorraine ^d  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; NONBIBLIOGRAPHIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIOMETRY;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 33750589554     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006645     Document Type: Article

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