Spatio-temporal variability of satellite-derived aerosol optical thickness over Northeast Asia in 2004

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 3959-3973

  Lee, Kwon Ho ^a   Kim, Young Joon ^a   von Hoyningen Huene, Wolfgang ^b   Burrow, John P ^b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol type; AOT; BAER; MODIS; Sunphotometer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMBUSTION; PHOTOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS (AOT); AEROSOL TYPE; BREMEN AEROSOL RETRIEVAL (BAER) METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION ANALYSIS; SUNPHOTOMETERS;

AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHOTOMETER; PIXEL; SATELLITE DATA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ASIA; ATMOSPHERE; BIOMASS; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OPTICAL RESOLUTION; PHOTOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPOSPHERE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 34247869707     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2007.01.048     Document Type: Article

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