Validation of SeaWiFS and MODIS aerosol products with globally distributed AERONET data

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-250

  Melin F ^a   Clerici, M ^a   Zibordi, G ^a   Holben, B N ^b   Smirnov, A ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosols; Atmospheric correction; MODIS; SeaWiFS; Validation

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE; AERONET; AERONET DATA; AEROSOL MODELS; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL PRODUCT; APPARENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION SCHEMES; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTIONS; DESERT DUST; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS; ISOLATED ISLANDS; NATURAL VARIABILITY; NEAR INFRARED; NEAR-INFRARED BANDS; OCEAN COLOR; PROCESSING CHAIN; SEAWIFS; SPECTRAL SHAPES; VALIDATION DATA;

ATMOSPHERICS; BAND STRUCTURE; COLOR; DIAGNOSTIC PRODUCTS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INFRARED DEVICES; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION; MODEL VALIDATION; MODIS; OCEAN COLOR; SEAWIFS;

EID: 71349085481     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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