Dust source identification using MODIS: A comparison of techniques applied to the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1511-1528

  Baddock, Matthew C ^a   Bullard, Joanna E ^a   Bryant, Robert G ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Deep Blue; Dust; Lake Eyre Basin; Mineral aerosol; MODIS; OMI

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DEEP BLUE; MINERAL AEROSOL; MODIS; OMI;

ALGORITHMS; ARID REGIONS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LAKES; LITHOLOGY; LOCATION; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETERS; SUPERCOMPUTERS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROMETERS;

DUST;

AEROSOL; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; DUST; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MODIS; REMOTE SENSING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LAKE EYRE BASIN; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 67349223588     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.03.002     Document Type: Article

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