Quantitative monitoring of a Saharan dust event with SEVIRI on Meteosat-8

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2181-2186

  Li, J ^a   Zhang, P ^b   Schmit, T J ^c   Schmetz, J ^d   Menzel, W P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^c NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

^d EUMETSAT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHMS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFRARED IMAGING;

DUST PROPERTIES; QUANTITATIVE MONITORING; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER (SEVIRI);

DUST;

ALGORITHM; DATA PROCESSING; DUST; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED IMAGERY; METEOSAT; MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA;

EID: 34547128610     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160600975337     Document Type: Article

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