Developing a satellite-based tool to monitor dust and sand storms in the UAE

International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS)

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1434-1437

  Al Suwaidi, Ali ^a   Al Rais, Adnan ^b   Ghedira, Hosni ^a  

^a Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology EIAST   (United Arab Emirates)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dust; METEOSAT; Sand Storm; SEVIRI MSG

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; PARTICLE SIZE; REMOTE SENSING; SAND; STORMS;

HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; INFRARED EMISSIVITY; METEOSAT; PRECIPITATION RATES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; SAND STORMS; SEVIRI-MSG;

DUST;

EID: 78650920063     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5650478     Document Type: Conference Paper

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