Remote sensing of aerosol properties over oceans using the MODIS/EOS spectral radiances

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 16971-16988

  Tanre D ^a,d   Kaufman, Y J ^b   Herman, M ^a,d   Mattoo, S ^c  

^a Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c Applied Research Corporation   (United States)

^d CNRS   (France)

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EID: 3643072882     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd03437     Document Type: Article

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