Effects of particle nonsphericity and radiation polarization on retrieving dust properties from MODIS observations

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 776-789

  Feng, Qian ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Kattawar, George W ^a   Hsu, Christina N ^b   Tsay, Si Chee ^b   Laszlo, Istvan ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust aerosols; Nonspherical; Phase matrix; Retrieval

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; COMPUTATION THEORY; DUST; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; POLARIZATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPHERES; SUPERCOMPUTERS; TABLE LOOKUP;

DUST AEROSOLS; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NON-SPHERICAL; PHASE MATRIX; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; RETRIEVAL; SINGLE SCATTERING PROPERTIES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL PROPERTY; DUST; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SCATTERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINERAL DUST; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; SIMULATION;

EID: 68549126797     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.05.001     Document Type: Article

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