A study of air quality in the southeastern Hampton-Norfolk-Virginia beach region with airborne lidar measurements and MODIS aerosol optical depth retrievals

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-19

  Lewis, Jasper ^a   De Young, Russell ^b   Chu, D Allen ^c  

^a HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL DISTRIBUTION; AEROSOL LIDARS; AEROSOL LOADING; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; AIRBORNE LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; HAMPTON; LIDAR MEASUREMENTS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER; NORTHERN ITALY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYERS; VERTICAL VARIATION; VIRGINIA;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERICS; BEACHES; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; NASA; OPTICAL RADAR; RADIOMETERS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOFTWOODS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; AIRBORNE SENSING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; LIDAR; MODIS; OPTICAL DEPTH; PARTICULATE MATTER;

HAMPTON COUNTY; NORFOLK [VIRGINIA]; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 77953521298     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2119.1     Document Type: Article

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