Retrievals of aerosol single-scattering albedo and effective aerosol layer height for biomass-burning smoke: Synergy derived from "A-Train" sensors

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Jeong, Myeong Jae ^a,b   Hsu, N Christina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; SENSORS; SMOKE; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTROMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

A TRAINS; AERONET; AEROSOL LAYERS; AEROSOL MODELS; BIOMASS-BURNING; CALIPSO; FREE TROPOSPHERES; SATELLITE SENSORS; SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDOS; SMOKE AEROSOLS; SMOKE LAYERS; SOUTH-EAST ASIA; WIDE AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; BIOMASS BURNING; MODIS; SENSOR; SMOKE; SYNERGISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 61349096667     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036279     Document Type: Article

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