The spatial and temporal variability of aerosol optical depths in the Mojave Desert of southern California

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 54-64

  Frank, Thomas D ^a   Di Girolamo, Larry ^a   Geegan, Shannon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol optical depth; MISR; Mojave Desert

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTH (AOD); IN SITU OBSERVATIONS; MOJAVE DESERT; MULTI ANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER (MISR);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; MILITARY LAND; NATIONAL PARK; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; RADIOMETER; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES; MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; ROGERS DRY LAKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847020418     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2006.06.024     Document Type: Article

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