Detection of dust storms by using daytime and nighttime multi-spectral MODIS images

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 294-296

  Liu, San Chao ^a,b   Liu, Qinhuo ^a   Gao, Maofang ^c   Chen, Liangfu ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dust storms; MODIS; Thermal remote sensing; Tri spectral method

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION ANALYSIS; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); WIND EFFECTS;

DUST STORMS; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL REMOTE SENSING; TRI-SPECTRAL METHOD;

DUST;

EID: 34948862140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2006.80     Document Type: Conference Paper

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