Operational retrieval of Asian sand and dust storm from FY-2C geostationary meteorological satellite and its application to real time forecast in Asia

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1649-1659

  Hu, X Q ^a,c   Lu, N M ^a   Niu, T ^b   Zhang, P ^a  

^a NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DUST; DUST STORM; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE; PREDICTION; REAL TIME; SAND;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 41349095507     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-1649-2008     Document Type: Article

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