Determination of most probable height of desert dust aerosol layer from space

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Joseph, Joachim H ^a   Yaron, Ofer ^a   Yaroslavich, Eyal ^a   Israelvich, Peter ^a   Koren, Ilan ^b   Yair, Yoav ^c   Devir, Adam ^a   Kischa, Pavel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CALIBRATION; DUST; SPACE SHUTTLES;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC PLUME; DUST; HEIGHT; MULTISPECTRAL IMAGE; RADIANCE; SATELLITE MISSION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SUBTROPICAL); ATLANTIC OCEAN (TROPICAL);

EID: 58149242445     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009646     Document Type: Article

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