Improved algorithm for MODIS satellite retrievals of aerosol optical depths over western North America

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Drury, Easan ^a   Jacob, Daniel J ^a   Wang, Jun ^b   Spurr, Robert J D ^c   Chance, Kelly ^d  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c RT Solutions Inc ^*  (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; REFLECTION;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ALGORITHM; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRAIRIE; SATELLITE DATA;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARID REGIONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIOMETERS; REFLECTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTY; BACK-SCATTERED; BEST ESTIMATES; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT MODELS; GROUND BASED; HORIZONTAL RESOLUTION; IMPROVED ALGORITHM; LOW BIAS; MEAN RATIO; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REFLECTANCE DATA; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; SATELLITE RETRIEVAL; STRONG CORRELATION; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; SURFACE REFLECTANCE RATIO; TOA REFLECTANCE; TOP OF ATMOSPHERES;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

EID: 56249147080     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009573     Document Type: Article

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