Analysis of the weekly cycle of aerosol optical depth using AERONET and MODIS data

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 113, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Xia, Xiangao ^a   Eck, Tom F ^b   Holben, Brent N ^b   Phillippe, Goloub ^c   Chen, Hongbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; IMAGE SENSORS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECTROMETERS;

AERONET; AERONET DATA; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN CHINA; GLOBAL SCALE; MIDDLE EAST; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; RURAL SITE; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA; URBAN SITE; WEEKEND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 65849281636     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JD009604     Document Type: Article

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