Applications of Satellite-Based Sulfur Dioxide Monitoring

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 293-298

  Krueger, A J ^a   Krotkov, Nickolay A ^a   Yang, Kai ^a   Carn, S ^b   Vicente, Gilberto ^c   Schroeder, Wilfrid ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^c OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality; aviation hazards; remote sensing; sulfur dioxide; volcanic emissions

Indexed keywords

ASH CLOUDS; ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; AVIATION HAZARDS; AVIATION SAFETY; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL; ERUPTION PLUMES; INTERMEDIATE PRODUCT; ORGANIC SOURCES; REMOTE SENSING INSTRUMENTS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE DATA; SULFUR DIOXIDE MONITORING; VOLCANIC CLOUDS; VOLCANIC DEGASSING; VOLCANIC EMISSION; VOLCANIC EMISSIONS;

AIR QUALITY; AVIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONTROL; CLOUDS; FOSSIL FUELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITES; SMELTING; SULFUR; SULFURIC ACID; VOLCANOES;

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR QUALITY; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA QUALITY; DEGASSING; MONITORING SYSTEM; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SULFUR DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLCANIC CLOUD; VOLCANIC GAS;

EID: 76249098937     PISSN: 19391404     EISSN: 21511535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTARS.2009.2037334     Document Type: Article

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