A geostatistical data fusion technique for merging remote sensing and ground-based observations of aerosol optical thickness

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Chatterjee, Abhishek ^a   Michalak, Anna M ^a   Kahn, Ralph A ^b   Paradise, Susan R ^c   Braverman, Amy J ^c   Miller, Charles E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; DATA FUSION; INFORMATION FUSION; NASA; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AERONET; AEROSOL OPTICAL THICKNESS; AEROSOL ROBOTIC NETWORKS; CROSS VALIDATION; DATA SETS; EARTH OBSERVATION SYSTEMS; GEOSTATISTICAL DATA; GROUND BASED; GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MODERATE RESOLUTION IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTI-ANGLE; MULTI-SPECTRAL; MULTIANGLE IMAGING SPECTRORADIOMETER; MULTIPLE SENSORS; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SENSING PLATFORMS; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATIONS; TERRA SATELLITES; UNCERTAINTY BOUNDS;

RADIOMETERS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; DATA PROCESSING; DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; MODIS; RADIOMETER; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSOR; TERRA (SATELLITE);

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78049388675     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD013765     Document Type: Article

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